A quiet week in US equities with the only excitent comming on Thursday with the Fed announcements – but then we settled back down and finished the week very close to last weel’s close and still at the top of the 1 SD bounary of the bullish trend channel: Note how, over the past ~2 […]
Bullish Percent Indicators: 28 July 2023
The Bullish Percent Indicators (BPI) tell us this past week was rest time. Overall, both the broad markets and individual sectors were flat to slight improvement in smaller stocks. There is one new Sell signal and that is Materials. If you are holding either VAW or IYM in your Sector BPI Plus portfolio, place a […]
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 27 July 2023
As bees are drawn to honey, there is little not to attract investors to the Copernicus portfolio. It is easy to manage and performance is outstanding. The one reservation I have is that there is no downside protection as this is a buy and hold portfolio. As an owner of this type of portfolio one […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 4): 21 July 2023
It was a relatively quiet week in the US equity markets with little change from where we were last week and still sitting at resistance near the upper 1 SD boundary of the uptrend channel US equities was not the only major asset class with little action: Commodities, at the top, and Emerging Market equities, […]
Bullish Percent Indicators: 21 July 2023
While the broad U.S. Equities market (NYSE and NASDAQ) rose slightly this week, four tech stocks reversed the bullish trend in the NASDAQ 100. There were also a few changes in sectors of the market and I’ll get into that in a moment. Overall, the equities market continues to be driven by large-cap stocks, although […]
Charitable Contributions Using Tax-Deferred Account
When one reaches the age were Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) goes into effect it is wise to alter where charitable contributions originate. In this blog I will explain why writing contribution checks on a tax-deferred account makes more sense than writing a check on a taxable account or from a checking account. Here is an […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 3): 14 July 2023
Despite a pullback on Friday it was a bullish week in US equities with prices closing ~2.7% higher than last week’s close and still sitting at the upper 1 SD boundary of the uptrend channel with volatility at it’s lowese level in the past 12 months: Deespite this nice performance, US equities did not make […]
Bullish Percent Indicators: 14 July 2023
Investors employing the Sector BPI Plus model will find useful information in the follow Bullish Percent Indicator data. Looking at the index information we see a U.S. stock market driven by large-cap stocks. Small- and mid-cap stocks are strengthening, but have yet to fully participate in the upward trend. Be sure to check out the […]
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 11 July 2023
Now that we are well into July and all second quarter dividends are reported, it is time to update the ITA portfolios and record those dividends. Dividends are in short supply for the Copernicus as this is a growth oriented portfolio, not an income generator. As a growth portfolio June was an excellent month as […]
Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio Review: 7 July, 2023
The Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio is a simple Dual Momentum portfolio that invests in only one asset in each portion of a 2-split portfolio where the split is based on different look-back periods to measure Momentum. The Kahneman portion uses a single 252-day lookback period to measure momentum – and this reacts slowly to changes in market […]
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