“The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.” – von Clausewitz Bethe is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review this morning.  While the portfolio holds approximately 13% in cash, I’m not in a big hurry to invest this money with the market this high.  Several limit orders to […]

Before beginning this update of the Bethe I checked the Bullish Percent Indicator (BPI) data for the eleven sectors and none are oversold.  Sector ETFs that were overbought have long had Trailing Stop Loss Orders (TSLOs) in place in an effort to protect capital as well as to follow the investing rules for the Sector […]

Welcome to the Winter Solstice.  Christmas is soon here and 2024 to follow.  November was an outstanding month for equities and December should also end on a positive note.  This review of the Bethe Portfolio reflects these good times for U.S. stocks.  There is one major change for those using the Sector BPI model.  Communication […]

Since the last Bethe update VGT hit the 3% TSLO.  In fact all shares of Technology were sold out of the portfolio just yesterday.  The sale of VGT leaves Bethe with over $9,000 in cash.  What to do with this money is explained later in the analysis. While it is still eleven months away from […]

After spending the past few weeks repositioning several portfolios, Bethe being one, security transactions should decrease over the next few months.  A strong stock market last week pushed several sectors out of the oversold zone leaving only Staples and Materials as the remaining Buy options.  The Sector BPI Plus portfolios I’m tracking hold the recommended […]