US Equities reached new all-time highs again this week as the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closed the week ~0.7% higher than last week’s close: After hitting the new highs on Wednesday the markets sold off a little on higher than average volume on Thursday but the uptrend remains firmly in place.
Dirac Portfolio Review: 3 July 2025
Over the past 18 months I have not had the time to decide how to manage the money that has been sitting in the Dirac Portfolio. This was to be a re-build portfolio project based on using an “Income” model, similar to the Hawking Portfolio, but designed to adopt a mean reversion rather than momentum […]
McClintock Portfolio Review: 13 October 2023
McClintock is one of several Relative Strength portfolios where a limited number of ETFs form the investment quiver. The security options focus on U.S. Equities, Developed International Equities, Emerging Market Equities, and Bonds. The Kipling spreadsheet provides guidance as to which ETFs to Buy, Hold, or Sell. McClintock Security Recommendations The current recommendation is to […]
Einstein Portfolio Review: 15 August 2023
Here we are in the middle of August and summer is “shouting” at Portland residents. It is unusual to experience multiple days of 100+ temperatures, but that is where we are this week. Einstein is the portfolio up for review and few changes are expected. No equities are recommended for purchase as you will see […]
Kepler Review: 16 May 2023
Kepler is one of two Relative Strength portfolio tracked here at ITA. The other is the Einstein. Kepler currently holds considerable cash and with the imminent debt default close at hand I want to reduce portfolio risk. In this analysis I’ll walk through my thinking as ways to show how readers might do the same […]
Kepler Portfolio Management: 11 April 2023
Kepler is the Relative Strength portfolio scheduled for review today. As readers will soon see, this portfolio is not up to snuff when it comes to performance. I’ll work with the BHS model for a few more months, but patience is running thin, particularly when models requiring much less work are performing much better.
Einstein Portfolio Review: 17 January 2023
Einstein is the portfolio scheduled for review this morning. The Kepler and Einstein are the two remaining Relative Strength or Relative Momentum portfolios requiring an understanding of how the Kipling spreadsheet works. This analysis will take readers through the major steps.
Millikan Portfolio Review: 8 November 2022
The Millikan portfolio is not scheduled for an update until later this month. However, the portfolio holds excess cash so an analysis seems prudent to check what the recommendations are based on price changes over the last few weeks. When I checked yesterday, mid-cap value (VOE) and small-cap value (VBR) were recommended so I purchased […]
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