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  • A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy by ValidFi
    Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus... More »
    November 29, 2009 • SPY, IWM, VTI
  • Diversification by Ted Stamas
    In the twenty years I have been investing, I'm currently the most diversified as I've ever been in any of my portfolios. I only own two ETFs, but these two Exchange Traded Funds mirror the performance of major domestic indexes and both are to the short side. The ProShares Ultra Short S&P 500... More »
    November 4, 2009 • SDS, TZA, VT
  • Schwab's Game-Changing ETFs by Don Dion
    Schwab (SCHW) launches its first four proprietary ETFs Tuesday in what could prove to be a game-changer for the ETF industry. The new low-cost, equity based ETFs will rival similar funds from established issuers like iShares and Vanguard while offering commission-free trading for…READ... More »
    November 3, 2009 • SCHW, SCHB, SCHX
  • The End of the Sucker's Rally of 2009? by Alex Trias
    After a few days of sickening declines in equities prices around the Earth, you have to ask: are we now at the end of the great sucker rally of 2009? If so, it will certainly mark the end of one of the most reviled rallies in history. Volume was light the whole while, suggesting relatively few... More »
    October 28, 2009 • VTI
  • World Financial Markets in Eight Charts by Daily Trading
    Capital continues to flow into high yield assets. That statement pretty much sums up the trends place across the global financial market asset classes; equities, corporate bonds, and currencies. Last we saw US Treasuries finally showing the weakeness we have have suspected will arrive. The long... More »
    October 26, 2009 • VTI, GWX, EEM
  • Copenhagen 2009 and Equity Markets by Richard Shaw
    We don't know if the furor over climate, economic and sovereignty issues coming to a head over the impending December Copenhagen climate treaty is correct, incorrect, exaggerated or spot-on. Obama on Cost Impact of Climate Policies (March 18, 2009): [YouTube Video embedded at QVM site] Warren... More »
    October 20, 2009 • VTI, VEA, VWO
  • Halloween Indicators Issue Buy Signals: Now What? by ValidFi
    Mark Hulbert recently published a story on marketwatch.com: Hybrid Halloween Indicators. The original Halloween indicator (or sometimes called "sell in May and go away") has been studied extensively. In his story, Hulbert mentioned a research paper published in 2002 in his article. The... More »
    October 17, 2009 • SPY, VTI, IWM
  • 12/31/2009 S&P 500 Price Probability Projection by Richard Shaw
    The S&P 500 index has an 80% probability of ending 2009 between the low 970’s and 1150 to 1170. Historical volatility for the past 3-months would suggest 971 to 1151 for 80% probability.  Implied volatility in the 3-month CBOE volatility index would suggest about 974 to about... More »
    October 14, 2009 • SPY, IVV, IWV
  • Price Probability Ranges for Key Asset Categories by Richard Shaw
    Last week we published a visual view of price range probability cones for several securities (SPY, FXI, TLT and UUP).  This article builds on the concepts in that article and provides a tabular view of the same kind of data for twenty-seven asset categories. The two tables below show the... More »
    October 13, 2009 • BND, MUB, IRF
  • Stocks Versus Bonds - Defining your Long Run by Retirement Savior
     Yes, of course stocks have higher returns than bonds in the long run. Over a lifetime, there is no question. Stockholders demand a higher return from the corporation in exchange for no claim on the assets if the company goes bankrupt. During a 100 year span, it is fairly certain that... More »
    October 13, 2009 • EFA, VTI, RSP

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