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Franklin Sector BPI Portfolio Update: 10 July 2026

Franklin is one of three Sector BPI portfolios tracked here on the ITA educational blog.  Investors interested in this model should follow the Carson and McClintock portfolios as well as this one.  In addition, when there is a Buy or Sell recommendation based on Point and Figure (PnF) data, I post the information on the Forum.  Check the Forum on a regular bases for up-to-date information. No … [Read More...]

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Tweaking Carson Sector BPI Portfolio: 29 May 2023

As mentioned in the most recent blog post, I'm tweaking the Sector BPI Plus investing model ever so slightly.  If you move down to the second screenshot you will see that I added SPY and ESGV as additional U.S. Equity options.  As with the Copernicus I now have VOO, VTI, SPY, and ESGV as U.S. Equity options when Dual Momentum™ is called into action.  DM is only activated after all the sector … [Read More...]

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Where To Begin If You Have Never Managed a Portfolio*

July 30, 2014 By Lowell Herr

If someone asked you what to do with an inheritance or 401(k) sum of money, what advice would you give them?  Here are some basic ideas for a novice investor. Assume the money is in your checking account and available to be invested. Open up a … [Read more]

Feynman Portfolio Study: Part 10-3

July 26, 2014 By hedgehunter

Momentum Weighted Portfolio A modification of the Rank Weighted (RW) Momentum Portfolio described in Part 10-2 of this Study is what I have called the Momentum Weighted (MW) Portfolio. This strategy uses a proprietary algorithm to calculate … [Read more]

Regression Analysis and The Schwert Effect

July 21, 2014 By Lowell Herr

  Regression Analysis is the investment communities effort to apply the scientific method to portfolio analysis.  Let's take a little time to explain what is meant by Regression Analysis.  As you might remember from your math and science … [Read more]

Gounod’s Messe solennelle de Sainte Cecile

July 13, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Gounod's "Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte Cecile" contains some of the most beautiful music one might ever want to hear.  My favorite selections from this masterpiece are Sanctus and Benedictus, cuts five and six.  I first heard Sanctus in … [Read more]

“Markowitz” Projections During Great Recession

July 10, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Readers who have been following the discussion on future return projections will find the following information of interest.  Using the Hoadley "Efficient Frontier" software, I set out to see what the optimal projections would be for three different … [Read more]

Basic Portfolio and Current ETF Rankings

June 21, 2014 By Lowell Herr

The following data table includes the latest ETF rankings for 20 basic ETFs and the Buy-Hold-Sell recommendations.  GLD is the only ETF under-performing SHY so I would avoid gold as an investment. ETF Rankings:  The overall strength of this market … [Read more]

Asset Allocation – Risk Parity Revisited: Part 2

June 13, 2014 By hedgehunter

In my previous Risk Parity Part 1 post I presented possible ways that funds might be allocated to momentum-ranked assets without any filtering to ensure diversification. One possible weakness of this simple form of momentum ranking is that highly … [Read more]

Risk Parity: A Brief Explanation of How Risky a 60/40 Portfolio Really Is

June 13, 2014 By Lowell Herr

This is a follow-up to the HedgeHunter Risk Parity (RP) post.  This blog post will give readers an overview of how RP is calculated.  This not for the mathematically squeamish, but the concept is not difficult if one can get past one step in the … [Read more]

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