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A Swiss Army knife for your portfolio

by Henry Becker 09.15.2010
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What makes for a good tool.  Usefulness, durability, affordability, and versatility comes to mind.  Swiss Army knives have all of these attributes.  Unfortunately, the awesome red tools from the land of chocolate, cheese and power house skiers will not help your investment decisions.  Each day I download data on 190+ ETFs into a spreadsheet, make [...]

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Can moving averages save your portfolio’s hide?

by Henry Becker 09.10.2010
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No, there is not a magic bullet investment strategy.  If there were a perfect strategy we would all be millionaires and the financial services industry would collapse for lack of demand.  So how does one determine the value of an investment strategy?  I will give you a great place to start – look at how [...]

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Not the Red Cross…The Gold Cross

by Henry Becker 08.17.2010
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As with many things in life sometimes it is helpful to question why you do the things you do.  After a torturous 18 months in the markets, I decided it was time to look at my investment strategy and question if I could refine it.  As any reader knows I follow trends in the market [...]

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