US Equity markets reached new highs again this week and closed the week a little less than 1% higher than last week’s close. When we take a look at sector performance over this period: we see that Energy (XLE) was the clear leader.

It is a difficult time to be managing the Dirac Portfolio using a momentum model since we are not, currently, in a strong trending environment and we have little diversification to separate the assets in our quiver – all of which reside in the US Equity asset class. Money is clearly moving around within this […]

It was a bullish week in the US Equity Markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) gaining 4.6% on the week. There was also some sector rotation that required adjustments to the Dirac portfolio in an attempt to stay ahead of the broader market. Checking the analysis sheet at the end of the week the […]

This week saw a lot of volatility in the US Equity Markets, so let’s take a look at the current recommendations of our momentum/acceleration model for the 10 Sector ETFs that comprise this portfolio: We now see five Momentum Buy recommendations (XLB – Materials), XLE (Energy), XLI (Industrials), XLP (Consumer Staples) and XLV (Health Care) […]