ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Momentum (Part 2)

James Kimball | March 23, 2015

Both the Basic and Stops&Targets model were positive on the week. The Basic model had a strong week thanks to a small recovery in treasuries. The Stops&Targets underperformed due to being nearly 50% in cash and India pulling off its …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Momentum (Part 1)

James Kimball | March 16, 2015

Both the Basic and Stops&Targets model beat their benchmark this week and are holding onto a lead for the year. The Basic model’s performance is still being largely driven by its position in TMF that remains volatile.

We made one …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETFs

James Kimball | March 9, 2015

The Basic model took another hit this week.  It was a tag-team effort from FXI and TMF.  The selloff in FXI was severe enough for the model to issue a change. On Monday, we will be selling FXI and buying …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Tour of Website Features

James Kimball | March 2, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model led the way thanks to treasuries clawing back some gains, however the levered nature of this position will continue to generate larger moves for this model, …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 3)

James Kimball | February 23, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model continued to be dragged down by the selloff in treasuries but that may have found a pause or a base with the majority of the week’s …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 2)

James Kimball | February 17, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model had another selloff with TMF continuing to decline dropping below its 50 DMA on the Friday close. The Stops & Targets model actually put in a …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Model Drawdowns (Part 1)

James Kimball | February 9, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. The Basic model had a decent selloff with TMF falling hard from its all-time high close last Friday. The Stops & Targets model actually put in a positive week …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 3)

James Kimball | February 2, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. China and India, which were both looking strong heading into this week cracked under the broader market pressure. Losses in these two ETFs were offset by gains in TMF …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 2)

James Kimball | January 26, 2015

There were no position changes in the Country models this week. Both China and India pushed to new recent highs. TMF had a volatile sideways range week, and while it ended squarely in the range, there were times that it …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 1)

James Kimball | January 18, 2015

We had one position change this week. The selloff in the equities markets knocked us out of our SSO position. We rotated into FXI (China). FXI can be subject to a lot of gaps and the performance of the ETF …