A big part of a successful trading strategy is seasonal trading. As we are about to see, this is especially true in commodities. Today we will look at a seasonal trading strategy for silver where we invest only in the best-performing months. Since 2001, it has outperformed buy and hold by more than 4% annually. …
Today we will look at Meb Faber’s Global Asset Allocation portfolio from his book of the same name. The Global Asset Allocation portfolio is a passive investment strategy that aims to provide investors with a diversified exposure to global asset classes. In this article, we will explore the portfolio’s key features, performance, and assess whether…
Today we will look at a portfolio published by Meb Faber in his book Global Asset Allocation. The Global Market Portfolio is a passive investment strategy that aims to capture the returns of the global financial markets by investing in a diversified mix of asset classes. Before 2000, the portfolio did a good job matching…
In this article, we take a deeper look at explaining what trend following is. Do trend following systems work? Which markets do trend following strategies work on? Are trend following strategies complicated? We discuss the performance of six specific trend following strategies and end the article by looking at the pros and cons of trend…
Trend following has many followers, for some investors and traders trend following is like a religion. But does trend following work? And if so, why does it work? Yes, trend following does work. If we look at history, even simple trend strategies work remarkably well. In this article, we look at the MLM Index and…
Paul Merriman is a financial advisor and has presented several low-cost “passive” investment strategies. One of them is Paul Merriman 4 Fund Portfolio. What is it, and how has it performed? Paul Merriman 4 Fund Portfolio is a simple investment strategy consisting of four low-cost index funds with large caps, small caps, and small cap…
The RSI is one of the most popular indicators used in technical analysis. However, most people use it as a mean reversion indicator rather than a momentum indicator. Today, we show you an RSI range-momentum trading strategy. The RSI range-momentum trading strategy uses the RSI as a momentum indicator for identifying uptrends in stocks and…
What is CME Trading? CME Trading refers to trading activities that take place on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). It is a global marketplace where various financial products, including futures contracts, are traded. Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price at a specific future date. CME Trading provides…
Today we will look at a strategy published by Michael Gayed in his paper An Intermarket Approach to Beta Rotation: The Strategy, Signal and Power of Utilities. Gayed’s paper is among the most downloaded papers on the SSRN website. The strategy consists of a weekly rotation system between the SPY and XLU based on the…
The stock market is officially open for 6.5 hours daily and has an opening and closing price for each stock. What is the opening price of a stock? The opening price of a stock (or any asset on an exchange) is the price of a security when it opens trading on the exchange at the…
