Friday was the last trading day of November. Time to update the IVY timing signals. As usual you can see the signals at world beta or my preferred source dshort. Below are the signals for the end of November 2012. The new signal for the month is a buy signal for DBC. Read more…
Today was the last trading day for the month of October 2012. Time to take a look at look at the month end closing prices for the ETFs that make up the IVY timing model and see if any actions need to be taken. Sorry for the delay in posting Read more…
Time out in the boonies, in our case the wonderful eastern Sierras, almost forces you into a reflective mood. Yesterday was one of those days where the amazing beauty of a spectacular hike (see my wife’s post and pics here) got me thinking about what is needed for a happy Read more…
Today I want to discuss what I consider to be the best alternative to the IVY timing portfolio. For those of you new to the blog, I think that most investors default portfolio should be the IVY timing portfolio. For background see here. It gives investors good returns and great Read more…
Yesterday was the last trading day for the month of September 2012. Time to take a look at look at the month end closing prices for the ETFs that make up the IVY timing model and see if any actions need to be taken. As usual you can see the Read more…
Today I want to talk about information overload. Investors today are bombarded with more information than ever from an expanding array of sources. Many think this is a good thing but in reality it mainly leads to investor under performance. Investors and traders need to learn how to narrow their Read more…
Today was the last trading day for the month of August 2012. Time to take a look at look at the month end closing prices for the ETFs that make up the IVY timing model and see if any actions need to be taken. As usual you can see the Read more…
Today was the last trading day in July. Time to look at the month end closing prices and see what actions an investor would need to take if they are implementing the IVY timing portfolio. Great thing is that you don’t need to keep track of these yourself. They are Read more…
We are living through the greatest test of the 4% safe withdrawal rate in history. Sounds like a big overarching statement but that’s what the data tells me. A little over a year ago I questioned whether or not the year 2000 retiree would be the first to destroy the Read more…
In this post I want to take a look at the 5 year performance of the IVY market timing portfolio that I’ve discussed on the blog several times before (here and here or search the blog for ‘timing‘). For investors that are not inclined to pick investments for themselves, and Read more…