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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Steve: Over the last 12 months, I get about the same result--depending on whether you drop OMM when it was delisted due to... More »
    Comment by Geoff Considine
    Jul 8 10:37 am |
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    Geoff, Any comment on this article in the light of a subsequent years performance? The banks were hammered, of course, but the... More »
    Comment by Steveal50
    Jul 8 06:07 am |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Hello Geoff, Thanks for your software and articles; they've been insightful and helpful. I've been interested in portfolio asset... More »
    Comment by manhapf
    Dec 28 08:20 am |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Hi Dan: Yahoo's stock screener also gives CEF's--it is free and easy. In this case, with the P/E criteria that I used, these... More »
    Comment by Geoff Considine
    Jun 5 00:20 am |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    I'm screening for stocks using the MSN Money Deluxe Stock Screener, what tool do you use to screen closed-end funds? Is there a better... More »
    Comment by Dan Sweet
    Jun 4 23:06 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Geoff, interesting article. I am a trial user of QPP and finally got it working properly last night. I have a question regarding the... More »
    Comment by Dan Sweet
    Jun 4 19:54 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Well, you will note that several of the holdings are Canadian. Second, we have Mitsui ADR's. Oil companies tend to have performance... More »
    Comment by Geoff Considine
    Jun 4 17:45 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Ralph: Thanks for your comments. QPP's projections do depend on historical correlations, volatility, etc. I have gone to some... More »
    Comment by Geoff Considine
    Jun 4 17:39 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    I have not closely studied your suggested portfolio, but have you taken into account international allocation? Is this primarily a US... More »
    Comment by dsassyt@aol.com
    Jun 4 17:09 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    Nice article; great variety of options (no pun intended) out there for the build-it-yourself portfolio. A few additional considerations... More »
    Comment by Everyday Finance
    Jun 4 16:26 pm |
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  • The Do-It-Yourself Market-Neutral Portfolio [View article]
    This is a really thought provoking (and well written) article -- thank you. Question: is your analysis based just on back-testing?... More »
    Comment by Ralph F
    Jun 4 12:19 pm |
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