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    • Fri May 25th 17:52 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Memorial Day Through Labor Day Outlook? That Depends On Today
      Looks like its off to the races then.

      SA.
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    • Wed May 2nd 22:52 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      ETF Screening: Trend Lines and Track Records
      I find this strategy very compelling, I have been gravitating towards a similar but simpler model - thank you for sharing it.

      A few questions if possible:

      1. You mention a stop-loss on 8% drop. From where do you measure the 8%? highest traded value since holding was established? highest closing value since holding established?

      2. How tax-efficient is this strategy? is the avg. etf holding period short (making the gains short-term high-tax)?

      Thank you,
      SA.
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    • Wed May 2nd 02:10 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      PowerShares Int'l Dividend Achievers: A Conservative Way to Invest Abroad
      Just one caveat:
      I have owned PID almost since its inception (about a year and a half ago) and EFA has outperformed it, consistently for a total 3-4% difference...
      SA.
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    • Wed May 2nd 01:42 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Sell In May and Go Away? History Says No
      It is quite amazing - the charts definitely show two different markets:

      - The one between 4/30 to 10/30 which is clearly flattish/down

      - The other between 10/30 to 4/30 - in a clear and definite upward trend.

      So the data clearly DOES support the "Sell in May and go away" adage.

      Why the misleading headline - "History says No"? The data says "YES".

      SA.
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    • Thu Jan 25th 02:14 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      David Fry's Daily Market Outlook
      You keep complaining that XHB does not trade "fundamentally&qu... - meaning you expect it do go lower while it consistently goes higher since bottoming in July.

      Here's a thought: maybe XHB is trading, as equities tend to do, based on forecasting the homebuilders' turnaround (some 9 months out) which is becoming more and more plausible with each passing day.
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    • Thu Jan 11th 11:49 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Emerging Market ETF Has Seen Better Times
      Still need to see how it closes but so far EEM is up more than 2% today...

      SA.
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    • Mon Jan 1st 23:02 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      'False' Diversification May Prove Costly In 2007
      Thank you for the very intersting article.

      A few questions if I may:

      The article mentions the following general equity categories used to create the portfolio:
      " * U.S. stocks (married with hedging strategies discussed on page 3)
      * U.S. bonds (varied durations)
      * Physical commodities (such as oil, wheat, corn, etc.)
      * Commodity stocks (energy, base metals, etc.)
      * Timberlands
      * Physical gold & silver
      * Gold stocks
      * U.S. commercial real estate
      * Foreign commercial real estate
      * Foreign bonds
      * U.S. dividend-paying stocks"

      1. Can you please describe what you use as a proxy for each category?

      2. Can you please add more details on the weighting of each category?

      3. The article studies the performance of the portfolio during only one market cycle - specifically, only one bear market period is examined (2000-2002). Have you studied the performance of the same portfolio during other bear market periods for the S&P 500? In other words how do we know that the portfolio is not a one "trick pony" tailored to one time period and may not work for the next cycle?

      Thank you,
      SA.
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