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SMA Portfolio Rebalancing Planned
A review of the Stock Market Advantage portfolio revealed the allocation of assets has shifted from the targeted allocation of 70% fixed income and 30% equities. The SMA portfolio is now approximately 33% equities, 64% fixed income,...
- Posted March 27, 2013
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Short Selling Bans Play to the Dumb Money Crowd
Zubin Jelveh, writing for The New Republic, examines the notion that short selling bans accomplish what they are intended to do. The SEC implied stopping short sales would “protect the integrity and quality of the securities market...
- Posted November 18, 2009
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of the...
- Posted January 20, 2021
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
With interest rates creeping up and the US Dollar Index...
- Posted January 12, 2021
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iShares Silver Miners ETF Added
The iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF (SLVP) was added...
- Posted December 21, 2020
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Molson Coors Added
Investors continue to pile into high-flying technology shares and various...
- Posted October 1, 2020
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Global Gold Miners ETF Allocation Increased
Cash available was added to the SMA Portfolio's holding in...
- Posted August 10, 2020
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Dorian LPG Sold
As part of a change in strategy to gradually shift...
- Posted August 10, 2020
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Frontline Sold
Yesterday shipping company Frontline Ltd. (FRO), was sold at $8.20.
- Posted August 8, 2020
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of...
- January 20, 2021
- 0
iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
With interest rates creeping up and the US Dollar...
- January 12, 2021
- 0
iShares Silver Miners ETF Added
The iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF (SLVP) was...
- December 21, 2020
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Is the Retirement Crisis Really a Crisis?
PBS Frontline recently presented a documentary called “The Retirement...
- April 25, 2013
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Alarming Chart of the Stock Markets of 1987 and 2012-2013
Several days ago I posted a chart showing the...
- May 22, 2013
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Bill Ackman Thinks Diversification is for the Lazy
Bill Ackman made a speech at the Active/Passive Investor...
- March 4, 2010
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T.T.S. Fear Index

Based on a scale of 1 (major complacency) to 10 (extreme fear): Current and Selected Past Readings:

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

Disclaimer: It is very difficult to outperform a buy and hold strategy. Many investors have found themselves best served over long time horizons by investing regularly in a diversified portfolio of stocks or low cost, broadly diversified indexed stock funds. Information presented is based on analysis of past data and assessments by the Tactical Timing System model. Future performance may not reflect past performance. Profitable trades are not guaranteed. No system or methodology ensures stock market profits. Although accuracy is strived for, no guarantee is made regarding the accuracy of data presented. Nothing presented here should be considered investment advice, but merely the humble opinion of the author.