Six reasons why I am still bullish

Mid-week market update: I wrote on the weekend to buy Yom Kippur, which ends today (see Buy Yom Kippur! SPX 2500 by Passover?). My inner trader sent out an email to subscribers yesterday indicating that he had added to his long position by buying a high-beta small cap position.     I would like to outline...

Peak robo?

We all know about how the business model of the robo-advisor works. First, determine the appropriate asset mix based on the risk, return, tax regime and other specific needs of the client. Then, build the portfolio and rebalance it on a periodic basis. The typical investment process can be summarized by the following steps: Determine...

Buy Yom Kippur! SPX 2500 by Passover?

Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...

My September Non-Farm Payroll guess

This Friday will be another potentially market moving Employment Report day, even though the release is based on noisy data with a high margin of error. The latest Fedspeak indicates that Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) would have to see a big downside miss before the Fed would change its plans to hike rates in December. Even...