Does the IBD Market Pulse Really Work?
August 28, 2009 - Technical Trading
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August 28, 2009 - Technical Trading
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August 28, 2009 - Momentum Investing, Technical Trading
…evidence from simple tests does not support a belief that adding a downside risk factor materially enhances the performance of a momentum-driven tactical asset class allocation strategy.
August 27, 2009 - Momentum Investing, Volatility Effects
…evidence from mutual funds suggests that momentum (contrarian) investors/traders can enhance returns by focusing on stocks with high (low) beta.
August 27, 2009 - Commodity Futures
CXOadvisory.com generally focuses on U.S. equities for this kind of analysis.
August 25, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 55%
…we are putting Jon Markman on a watch list but not establishing a formal review at this time.
August 24, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 40%
As suggested by a reader, we evaluate here the stock market commentary of Bob Hoye via “Pivotal Events” commentary at SafeHaven. Bob Hoye is Editor & Chief Investment Strategist of Institutional Advisors, which states that: “The term ‘Rational Fringe’ has been used to distinguish our research from the mainstream convictions that financial history was random… Keep Reading
August 24, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 53%
…evidence from simple tests using an imperfect metric indicates that Robert Drach’s approach to timing the broad U.S. stock market depresses rather than enhances portfolio returns. The aggregate performance of his “Basic Timing” Model Portfolio is roughly the same as that of buying and holding SPY.
August 22, 2009 - Individual Gurus
The evaluation of Jim Puplava’s stock market forecasts is based on his archive of regular written market commentaries, covering roughly early 2002 through early 2005, at which point he discontinued publishing them.
August 22, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 40%
We evaluate here the market commentary of Jim Puplava at Financial Sense Online for February 2002 (the earliest available) through October 2005, at which point he stopped posting regular written commentaries archive. Jim Puplava is president of of Puplava Financial Services Inc., an investment advisory and money management firm, and Puplava Securities Inc., a broker-dealer…. Keep Reading
August 21, 2009 - Individual Gurus
…statistical testing of their specific methods or conclusions is more appropriate than subjective grading of market commentaries (which they apparently do not issue anyway).