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  • Systematic Trading Plan: Current 50 Day Moving Average Signals for December 22, 2009 [View instapost]
    The Holy Grail to Investing. The utlimate business solution. The ability to cut the cost of any business expense, or just plain... More »
    Comment by User 487071
    Dec 21 23:05 pm |
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  • Top 10 Performing Leveraged ETFs of 2009 [View article]
    I'm not sure there is much value in publishing a list of the top performing leveraged ETF's over the past year since 1. most (if not... More »
    Comment by fjpenney
    Dec 20 18:08 pm |
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  • ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio [View article]
    A reader wrote: "David, you mention in your core portfolio section that you haven't updated since 2003 (thus EEM instead of VWO). I was... More »
    Comment by David Jackson
    Dec 17 10:38 am |
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  • ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio [View article]
    KTAN, I avoided tactical asset allocation (changing the ETF weightings based on market conditions) in favor of consistently following a... More »
    Comment by David Jackson
    Dec 17 08:47 am |
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  • ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio [View article]
    Stewart, a few years ago, when dividends were all the craze, I was skeptical about them for the reasons outlined here:... More »
    Comment by David Jackson
    Dec 17 07:39 am |
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  • Systematic Trading of the 200 day simple moving average, ETF’s (QQQQ) [View instapost]
    All indexes can stay in a trend for a long time. Over a month after this post, they are still all above the 200 day moving average. ... More »
    Comment by Mark Seleznov
    Dec 10 19:05 pm |
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  • ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio [View article]
    Hi David, any new updates on what an ETF Core Portfolio should look like in current climate? Is the one you mentioned above still... More »
    Comment by KTAN548
    Nov 19 18:06 pm |
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  • Systematic Trading of the 200 day simple moving average, ETF’s (QQQQ) [View instapost]
    Hi Mark, given that 90% of all stocks are above their 200 DMAs. and even emerging markets are their peak spreads of +30% to +40% above... More »
    Comment by Djvu
    Nov 15 03:38 am |
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  • How Rebalancing Added Over 2% to the Returns of a Simple ETF Portfolio [View article]
    I reduce taxes and transaction costs doing this by sweeping all dividends to cash/mmkt and take that plus new deposits to buy whatever... More »
    Comment by Fund Insider
    Oct 16 12:53 pm |
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  • How Rebalancing Added Over 2% to the Returns of a Simple ETF Portfolio [View article]
    All this headache of rebalancing every month for that 2% - wouldn't transaction costs eat that up?
    Comment by Uday Maitra
    Oct 15 17:07 pm |
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  • How Rebalancing Added Over 2% to the Returns of a Simple ETF Portfolio [View article]
    Good article but you need to make the images clickable. It is impossible to read with the writing so small.
    Comment by James Fowlkes
    Oct 14 16:10 pm |
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  • How Rebalancing Added Over 2% to the Returns of a Simple ETF Portfolio [View article]
    Analyste, I agree with you that auto-rebalancing is not the solution for everyone. Most clients want strategic AND tactical asset... More »
    Comment by Robert Martorana
    Oct 14 16:00 pm |
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  • How Rebalancing Added Over 2% to the Returns of a Simple ETF Portfolio [View article]
    I think it's somewhat misleading to say 'over the last 12 months, our rebalancing added 2-3% to client returns.' First, we've had to... More »
    Comment by Analyste de Boston
    Oct 14 14:20 pm |
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  • Preferred Stock ETFs Still Attractive [View article]
    Doug K. Le Du's note above is right on. One only has to look at PFF's price at ca. $15/share in early March to see how the "interest" ... More »
    Comment by d_teller
    Sep 21 23:01 pm |
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  • Preferred Stock ETFs Still Attractive [View article]
    Thank you for pointing out that capital gains are not necessarily part of the return. Some players "roll" dividends by actively trading... More »
    Comment by John K
    Sep 21 15:37 pm |
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