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

James Kimball | February 9, 2015

The ETF Sector Basic model took a big hit this week, particularly again on Friday with sell-offs in all three of our positions. The Basic model fell behind the SPY benchmark (which closed flat on the year) while the Stops …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 3)

James Kimball | February 2, 2015

The ETF Sector Basic model took a big hit this week, particularly on Friday with big sell-offs in all three of our positions. It is still outperforming the SPY on the year by over 5%, but the performance gap narrowed. …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 2)

James Kimball | January 26, 2015

The ETF Sector models, while going on a volatile ride this week, continue to crush the SPY benchmark on the week and on the year. The Stops and Targets lagged a little more this week, only being in one position. …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Rebalancing (Part 1)

James Kimball | January 18, 2015

The ETF Sector models, thanks to a good close on Friday, beat the SPY benchmark again this week. The Sector Basic beat the benchmark by losing less while the Stops & Targets, holding only DRN, actually put in a very …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Year in Review (Part 1)

James Kimball | January 5, 2015

The ETF Sector basic model, with its greater exposure, pulled back this week with the broader markets. The Stops & Targets model, with its lone position in DRN, however closed the week flat.

 

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ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: 6 Steps To Designing A System

Mish Schneider | December 29, 2014

This week's report was done by Geoff Bysshe, President, MarketGauge so James could take a much deserved break!

The models did not make any changes this week.

With only a couple days left in the year, both the Basic Model …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Aerial Survey of Our Investible Universe

Mish Schneider | December 22, 2014

The ETF Sector models made a number of position changes this week. We rotated into TMF on Monday only to close out that position on Friday and into DRN. The Stops and Targets model got stopped out of SOXL on …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Trend Strength Indicator (Part 2)

Mish Schneider | December 15, 2014

The ETF Sector model took a beating this week, but we weren’t alone. The 3.4% drop in the SPY was the largest one week drop going back to May 2012. Concerns about global deflation and the large drop in oil …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Trend Strength Indicator (Part 1)

Mish Schneider | December 8, 2014

We exited our TECL position this week for a 6.75% gain and rotated into SOXL. Our three positions in the basic model are CURE, FAS, and SOXL while the Stops & Targets model is only in FAS, SOXL, and Cash.…


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: How to Trade the ETF Models (Part 3)

Mish Schneider | December 1, 2014

In the Basic model, our three positions remain CURE, FAS, and TECL. In the Stops & Targets model we are in full positions in FAS and TECL and the cure position is in cash. We might generate a reentry signal …