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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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Millikan Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 18 January 2024

Millikan is the portfolio up for review this morning.  Since no sectors are positioned in the oversold zone we concentrate on how best to use cash by analyzing the three U.S. Equity ETFs, VTI, VOO, and ESGV.  Some investors might want to broaden the equity options to include developed international equities (VEA) and emerging market equities (VWO).  Thus far I've made the decision to stick with … [Read More...]

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The Power of Index Investing Why are 80% to 85% of all investors wrong?  Could it be the power of advertising and greed?  What do I mean when I say a high percentage of investors have it all wrong?  Simple!  The majority of investors build their … [Read more]

Why I Use ETFs Instead of Individual Stocks

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Approximately 80% of all investors use individual stocks to populate their portfolios.  So why buck the majority trend and use index ETFs?  That is a reasonable question that merits an answer.  In fact, several answers.  Confession:  I do select a … [Read more]

Music Recommendations for 10 November 2013

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Two music suggestions are coming your way this week as not everyone will enjoy the jazz recommendation.  Recently recommended to me was "The Complete Django Reinhard and Quintet of the Hot Club of France."  Classic Early Recordings is the closest I … [Read more]

Retirement Planning Mistake #10

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Investors do not monitor their portfolio adequately. Rare is the investor who can place their hands on the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of their portfolio. An even smaller percentage of investors know how well their portfolio is performing with … [Read more]

Retirement Planning Mistake #8

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Over confident and lacks patience. Over confidence and lack of patience manifests itself in a number of ways. If you think you can beat the market by picking individual stocks, be very careful.  If you want to test your skills, set up two … [Read more]

Retirement Planning Mistake #7

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Lack of Portfolio Plan Do you have a portfolio plan and is it written down?  If you can lay your hands on a plan, you are a rare investor.  What is involved in specifying a Strategic Asset Allocation plan? A portfolio plan will first of all identify … [Read more]

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