DeepSeek attempted to take US Equities (specifically tech stocks) to the Deep Six on Monday – but markets recovered mid week only to show weakness again on Friday: Overall, the SPX (S&P 500 Index) was down ~1% over last Friday’s close. However, we remain in
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Franklin Portfolio Review: 31 January 2025
Franklin is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review this last day of January. Of the portfolios I track here on the ITA investment blog, the Sector BPI investing model requires the most attention to details. Even so, it is a rather simple investing approach to
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 24 January 2025
Another bullish week in US Equities with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing the week ~1.7% higher than last week’s Close despite weakness on Friday: So much for the predictive powers of “Head and Shoulders” patterns – but wait – maybe it’s a “Double
Pauling Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 22 January 2025
Asset Allocation is a long-standing portfolio management model. What sets such portfolios apart is the choice of assets used to populate the portfolio. Readers will find the Pauling is well diversified across many different asset classes giving exposure to different size stocks, international equities as well as
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 21 January 2025
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin Copernicus is one of the easiest portfolios to manage as all one does is invest available cash in U.S. Equities. Never sell unless there is an absolute emergency. If one were to simplify the Copernicus I would
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 17 January 2025
First, a look at the performance of US Equities over the past week shows that the initial weakness seen at the Open on Monday quickly turned around to see US Equities finish the week ~ 3% higher than last week’s close: After dropping out
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review – 10 January 2025
I will start this post with my usual weekly look at US Equity markets through the eyes of the S&P 500 Index (SPX): where we see that, after starting the week strongly on Monday, the markets deteriorated badly going into the end of the
Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio Review: 8 January 2025
At the end of every year (at least) I take a look at my portfolios and ask myself the question – “Is it worth the effort trying to actively manage my portfolios rather than simply holding an Index fund ?” (for example). As we see in many
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