Sending best wishes to all readers on this Decoration Day. Gauss is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review.  This particularly portfolio is set up with an expanded investment quiver that includes developed international equities (VEA) and emerging market equities (VWO) whereas most of the Sector BPI portfolios focus on VTI and VOO as the […]

Gauss kicks off the first Sector BPI portfolio in July.  The latest BPI data is not recommending any changes that influence current sector holdings in the Gauss.  With 41% of the portfolio in cash some decisions are required.  Follow along as I walk through the analysis.

Gauss is one of five Sector BPI portfolios tracked here on the ITA blog.  Launched in December of 2022 we are closing in on two years of data.  The initial results look promising, but we still need more oversold and overbought cycles to give this model a real test.  The most recent draw-down moved three […]

ITA readers using the Sector BPI investing model take note.  Energy (VDE) continues in the oversold zone so it is a Buy.  Sectors overbought are: Discretionary (VCR), Staples (VDC), Financial (VFH), Health (VHT), Industrial (VIS), Utilities (VPU), and Real Estate (VNQ).  Keep in mind there is a difference between the Point and Figure (PnF) graphs […]

Since the last update of the Gauss shares of VDC and VCR were sold out of the portfolio as the 3% Trailing Stop Loss Orders were struck.  This leaves VIS, a shard holding, and VDE, the energy sector that took a huge leap up this past week. The sale of VCR and VDC results in […]