Big Picture: I really want to put on my jaded hat and get pissed off like the old man I aspire to become, but sometimes I foolishly hope I’m wrong. Like most rational people (politicians excluded), I believe we have a pretty serious debt problem in the U.S. and I’m concerned about how things will […]
As some of you know, I recently began trading two monthly ETF Rotation Systems. One is a Basic ETF Rotation system that trades a diverse group of markets and the other covers similar markets using Schwab Commission Free ETF’s. The Basic System is intended to take the place of the ETF Portion of the Donchian Channel System while […]
When we looked around the world at the end of 2014, there were some obvious and mature market trends in place. I say mature because any time the media picks up on something, the cat’s out of the bag. Specifically, the Dollar was (and is) strong, U.S. Treasury Bonds had an excellent year, and Russia […]
U.S. Stocks finished higher again in 2014 and that strength could potentially lead us to believe that risk assets performed well in 2014. However, a look around the world at our neighbors suggests that all risk assets aren’t created equal. As many people know, 2014 wasn’t kind to Russian or Greek equities, however, the majority […]
Big Picture: Happy New Year. U.S. Equity Markets sold off a little bit as they wrapped up 2014 and headed into 2015, but they’re still close to All Time Highs. This is the third time in the past year that the Russell 2000 ($IWM) has run up to the 121 level. My hope, since I’m […]
We’re almost through December and that means it’s time to update the Monthly ETF Rotation Systems. December proved to be a rocky month for both the Basic ETF Rotation System and the Schwab Commission Free Rotation System. Fortunately, it looks like both will end up in positive territory for the month and all of the […]