Timber
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Timber May Be the Best Investment
Robert Smith, writing for Oregon Business, highlights the attributes of timber as an investment class. ...
- Posted June 21, 2011
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A Look at Weyerhaeuser
CNBC took a somewhat misleading look at the past and future of Weyerhaeuser (WY),...
- Posted May 11, 2011
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Morningstar Analyzes Timber as an Asset Class
Daniel Rohr, CFA, provides some interesting insights into the fundamentals behind timber, which Jeremy...
- Posted October 2, 2009
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Are the Big College Endowments Really Big Losers?
John Hechinger has written an article for the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Harvard, Yale...
- Posted September 12, 2009
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Timber Appears to be Overpriced
Andrew Barry at Barron’s has written an article about the likely overpricing of timberland....
- Posted August 10, 2009
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Latest News
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Stock Market Advantage Sell Signal
The Tactical Timing System has generated a sell signal. To...
- April 29, 2013
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Notes from Jeremy Grantham’s Latest Letter
Long-time market tactician and observer Jeremy Grantham, of the money...
- February 15, 2013
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Jeremy Grantham: The Market is Gloriously Inefficient
Jeremy Grantham has released his latest investment letter which he...
- February 26, 2012
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Timber May Be the Best Investment
Robert Smith, writing for Oregon Business, highlights the attributes of timber...
- June 21, 2011
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A Look at Weyerhaeuser
CNBC took a somewhat misleading look at the past and...
- May 11, 2011
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- March 18, 2021
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T.T.S. Fear Index
Date | Index | SMA Comment |
1/20/2021 | 2.3 | Massive stimulus and Fed support have nearly eliminated fear |
3/23/2020 | 7.0 | Coronavirus and oil price war panic investors to the highest level of fear since October 2011 |
12/26/2019 | 2.3 | Lowest level of fear in nearly two years (January 2018) |
12/21/2018 | 6.7 | Raised fears likely setting up a buying opportunity |
1/11/2018 | 1.8 | Unusually low fear could mean we're near the top in valuations |
1/13/16 | 6.3 | Terrible start to 2016 raised fears |
10/3/11 | 8.5 | A good tradable bottom (S&P 500 @ 1,085) based on lots of nonsense |
3/9/09 | 7.0 | Market bottom (S&P 500 @ 666); end of the world was nigh |
10/27/08 | 8.8 | Market had dropped 28% in 5 weeks, Paulson pulled out all stops to save Wall Street bankers |
10/12/07 | 3.2 | Market top (S&P 500 @ 1,562); worldwide housing bubble pricked |
Year-to-Date Performance as of February 24, 2021
Index/Portfolio | YTD % |
SMA Portfolio | 18.7% |
S&P 500 | 4.8% |
U. S. Small Caps | 12.2% |
Total U. S. Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total Int'l Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total U. S. Bond Market | -2.4% |