Gauss is one of the five Sector BPI portfolios tracked here at ITA.  This Sector BPI portfolio just passed its two year mark operating under the Sector BPI model.  As readers will see in a moment, the Gauss is keeping pace with the S&P 500 ETF, SPY.  SPY is a difficult benchmark to exceed year […]

Nothing has changed over the last few days that will impact the Gauss portfolio.  The only sector ETF held in any of these Sector BPI portfolios is Energy (VDE) and this sector is closer to oversold than it is to overbought.  Oversold is when the percentage of stocks in a particular sector drop to 30% […]

Gauss is one of five portfolios currently using the Sector BPI investing model.  The other four are:  Carson, Franklin, McClintock, and Millikan.  To see how these portfolios are performing, check out this blog post.  These five portfolios were launched at different times and are reviewed at different times of the month.  These variations reduce the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.