What is beta and how is it measured? In the context of an investment portfolio, beta refers to a measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market. A beta value greater than one indicates that the stock is more volatile … [Read More...]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 4): 19 May 2023
US equities showed strong performance over the past week - particularly in the last 2 days: and price seems to be moving nicely in the uptrend channel that began last October. However, although we seem to be through the 50% retracement line at ~4150 … [Read more]
Copernicus Buy & Hold Portfolio Review: 18 May 2023
Copernicus is the only Buy & Hold portfolio managed here on the ITA blog site. Diversification comes from holding hundreds of companies in the United States. If one prefers to further diversify this portfolio one would add International … [Read more]
Hawking Portfolio Review: 12 May 2023
The Hawking Portfolio is essentially a Buy-And-Hold "Income" Portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds. Normally. the only actions required are to re-invest dividends into the Funds so as to maximize the benefits of compounding. At present, the … [Read more]
Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio Review: 8 May, 2023
I am a little slow posting this review as I analyzed/adjusted it last week. However, it's a simple and slow moving portfolio so the tardiness is likely not too significant. Prior to the adjustments I was holding VEA (International Equities) in the … [Read more]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 3): 12 May 2023
US Equities continue to consolidate at ~4150 (the mid-level of last year's range): with the SPX closing down slightly from last week's close. Despite this, on a relative basis, US equities were close to the top of the performance list with no … [Read more]
Franklin Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 12 May 2023
Franklin is one of four portfolio currently managed using the Sector BPI Plus model. Yesterday I updated the Bullish Percent Indicator table (to be published tomorrow) and Telecom (VOX) was a Buy recommendation. Energy (VDE) is very close to a … [Read more]
Darwin Portfolio Review: 5 May 2023
Adjustments to the Darwin Portfolio are not rigorously scheduled since they are designed to maintain Risk Parity, are usually minor, and I prefer to keep trading costs to a minimum. Here's how the Portfolio has performed since I changed to a … [Read more]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 2): 5 May 2023
It was another relatively uneventful week in US Equities with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) continuing to bang it's head against resistance at ~4150 and closing down slightly from last week's close: It is still not clear where we go from here but … [Read more]
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