It was a relatively quiet, short, trading week in the US equity markets with more consolidation below the ~6100 resistance level and the SPX closing down ~0.2% from last week’s Close:
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 13 June, 2025
US equities attempted to test the all-time high at ~6100 but volume was not strong and there was not enough conviction to break through this important resistance level with trend and momentum indicators (MACD and RSI) sending mixed signals:
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 6 June, 2025
It was a predictable week in US equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) testing the psychologically important 6000 “round number” level:
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 30 May 2025
This week I will go through the first full review of the Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio since the introduction of my new Management Plan ~ two weeks ago. This period has been devoted to setting up the portfolio to the point where I can review all the strategies to be employed in the construction and management of […]
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio – Restructuring the Management Plan Part 2: Asset Allocation and Risk Management
In part 1 of this series of posts on how I intend to construct and manage the Rutherford-Darwin portfolio going forward, I identified the nine ETFs that I would be using to populate the portfolio. I also indicated that, rather than holding all nine ETFs in a “Buy-and-Hold” portfolio that I would be selecting only […]
Buffett Indicator & Shiller PE Ratio
Canyonland National Park Over the last few weeks I’ve been setting Trailing Stop Loss Orders (TSLOs) for VTI, VOO, and SCHG when portfolios holding these securities come up for review. The tariff wars are causing market uncertainty, but tariffs are not the only reason for setting TSLOs. Erratic administration behavior only exacerbates an overbought market. […]
How Risky is Your Portfolio? – Another Perspective
Last week, Lowell posted a blog asking the question “How Risky is Your Portfolio?” and reminded us that portfolio returns are a function of the expected returns from the assets in our “quiver” and the risk associated with these assets as represented by their volatility. I thought I would try to provide another perspective on […]
How Risky Is Your Portfolio? May 2021
Portfolio risk is a subject I’ve written about in prior blog posts. It is particularly important now that U.S. Equities are hovering around all time highs and we are entering the summer months when the stock market tends to generate less than stellar returns. Remember the slogan, “Sell in May and go away?” The “go […]
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