It was a rather uneventful week in the US Equity markets with relatively low volume as a consequence of the holidays. However, the SPX (S&P 500 Index) did manage to close the week ~0.5% higher than last week’s close despite a weak day on Friday: We are still in the middle of the uptrend channel […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 2): 20 December 2024
Mr Powell seems to be the Grinch who stole Christmas and blocked Santa’s rally to the 6200 level. Investors did not react well to Mr Powell’s statements that there might only be two rate cuts next year and US markets dropped close to 4% following his comments before recovering some of this on Friday: However, […]
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 19 December 2024
Keep it simple is the philosophy of the Copernicus portfolio. Invest only in U.S. Equities such as VOO and VTI and never sell unless there is an emergency. Keep cash levels low and expenses to a minimum. One reason for including ESGV as part of the portfolio is to purchase shares if the remaining cash […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 1): 13 December 2024
Partial Remains of Hadrian’s Wall – a 73 Mile Fortress of the Roman Empire across the North of England US equity markets were quiet again this week remaining in consolidation mode around the 6100 level in the SPX (S&P 500 Index): Prices closed ~1% lower than last week’s close but Santa still has a couple […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 4): 6 December 2024
It was a relatively quiet week in the US Equity markets but the SPX (S&P 500 Index) eased through the 6000 resistance level and edged slightly higher for yet another week, closing at ~6090: In terms of relative performance, US Equities (as represented by VTI) closed in the middle of the pack with Emerging Markets […]
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 4 December 2024
Next to the Schrodinger the Copernicus is the easiest portfolio to manage as it is an all equity account using VOO and VTI as the primary investment securities. By focusing on equities such as VOO the goal is to keep pace with the S&P 500 index or SPY, the index ETF. Thus far the portfolio […]
Schrodinger Portfolio Update: 2 December 2024
November was an excellent month for the Schrodinger as it increased more than 5% during this period. For new readers to the ITA blog, the Schrodinger is based with Schwab and is known as an Intelligent Portfolio. I refer to this type of portfolio as a Robo Advisor portfolio as it is managed by a […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 3): 29 November 2024
It was a holiday-shortened week in the US equity markets but stocks followed the seasonal bullish trend often seen over the days going into Thanksgiving: The SPX (S&P 500 Index) was up ~1.4% from last week’s close and is sitting at 6032 and re-testing the psychologically significant 6000 resistance level. If Santa gives the market […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 2): 22 November 2024
US equities recovered from last week’s pullback and bounced to test the 6000 level in the SPX (S&P 500 Index): Prices were up ~2% from last week’s close and this placed US Equities near the top of the asset classes in terms of relative oerformance, although beaten out of the top spots by Gold and […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 4): 8 November 2024
As investors we have to ignore the polititians and focus on the impact of policy on the markets. Obviously, Trump’s victory is seen positively by the majority of investors as being good for the markets – at least for now. Last week I suggested that if we broke above the 5800 resistance zone in the […]
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