A 2021 report card

The year 2021 is nearly complete and it's time to issue a report card for my three investment models. Going in order of short to long time horizons, these are: The Trading Model; Trend Asset Allocation Model; and The Ultimate Market Timing Model. All showed strong results.     The Trading Model The weakest result...

Outside-the-box risk control = Better returns

After last week's wild market swings, it's time to have a sober discussion about risk control. I know that risk control isn't a sexy topic, but better portfolio risk control can lead to better overall returns.     The framework of analysis will not be the conventional description of risk as it is stylistically shown...