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  • Even In Slow Boring Fixed Income Investing, Hot Hands Are Still Hot by ValidFi
    Momentum effect, i.e. a phenomenon that past 'hot' funds or assets will continue to be 'hot' in a certain future period, has been widely recognized as a market inefficiency, both by practitioners and academic researchers. Momentum based  strategies have been proposed in equity (stocks),... More »
    October 12, 2009 • SHV, SHY, IEF
  • Even In Slow Boring Fixed Income Investing, Hot Hands Are Still Hot by ValidFi
    Momentum effect, i.e. a phenomenon that past 'hot' funds or assets will continue to be 'hot' in a certain future period, has been widely recognized as a market inefficiency, both by practitioners and academic researchers. Momentum based  strategies have been proposed in equity (stocks),... More »
    October 12, 2009 • SHV, SHY, IEF
  • Some Bonds are Still Attractive by Surly Trader
    Volatility and credit spreads are two investment arenas where I feel very comfortable making investment bets.  The reason that they are easier to predict is that  they are mean reverting investment classes.  Volatility and credit spreads often spike due to large dislocations in... More »
    October 7, 2009 • CIU, LQD, CFT
  • Gurus' Asset Allocation in the Recent Market Whipsaw by ValidFi
    Entering October, one saw the markets trembled a little bit. It’s time to review several well known asset allocators’ positions. Top performing asset allocation fund Leuthold Core Investment LCORX (19.4% YTD return up to 10/2/2009) made a noticeable reduction in its equity exposure:... More »
    October 5, 2009 • SPY, EFA, EEM
  • Time to Rebalance Your Portfolios by ValidFi
    Portfolio rebalancing is perhaps the only 'free' lunch once you have set a strategic portfolio allocation based on your risk profile. Numerous articles have been published to study the pros and cons of portfolio rebalancing. The key factors behind portfolio rebalancing are: Risk and return... More »
    September 29, 2009 • SPY, MDY, VNQ
  • Market Timing Strategies Based on Financial and Sentiment Indicators by ValidFi
    Market timing strategies have been controversial: academics published many studies in this subject and most of them concluded that it is useless to pursue market timing. On the other hand, practitioners have been using this for many years (explicitly or implicitly). In a paper published by... More »
    September 16, 2009 • BWX, CFT, CIU
  • Recent Gurus' Asset Allocations by ValidFi
    With summer fading away, we now suddenly find ourselves in September, one of the worst months for the stock market. It is thus a good time to check up your portfolio and make necessary adjustments if it is necessary. In the previous article, we introduced ValidFi's Guru Asset Allocation Watch... More »
    September 8, 2009 • BWX, CFT, DBC
  • Benefiting from Simple Hedging Techniques (Part II) by ValidFi
    In the previous article, we discussed a simple hedging technique which always fully or partially hedges a portfolio. In this part, we will discuss two more effective ways to hedge. A natural way to improve hedging technique is to use timing indicators as the guide to hedge or unhedge. Moving... More »
    September 2, 2009 • SPY, DIA, IWM
  • Follow the Gurus in Asset Allocation by ValidFi
    Studies have shown asset allocation is the most important determinant factor in a mutual fund's performance: according to a study by Gary Brinson, Randolph Hood and Gilbert Beebower, asset allocation strategies are responsible for over 90% of variations in portfolio performance. The tumultuous... More »
    August 16, 2009 • SPY, IWM, IWN
  • What’s All UP? by Richard Shaw
    Fixed income continues to be the steady upward asset, but not all fixed income. Sorting through the 270 ETFs with at least $1 million per day in trading volume, looking for those that are strongly upward moving, we find these 13 hitting on all cylinders: [image available at QVM site] Criterion... More »
    May 21, 2009 • AGG, BND, BSV

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