In this beginning of the week episode I will share my thoughts on mitigating liar’s risk and share a web page that is a free one stop shop for all the market data you could want.

In this mid-week episode I talk about market fundamentals, where I have been shopping in the markets, and share tips on some items I use to look at the markets. As well, I share a great website find for this week’s quick tip.

Here is a link to the website in the quick tip: www.etfreplay.com

In this episode I will answer the question of why follow trends.  In addition, I cover the basics of my trend following strategy which includes the 200 day and 50 day exponential moving averages (EMA).

Here are links to the research referenced in the podcast.

My study of the S&P 500 buy and hold versus trading the S&P 500 around its 200 day EMA from 1/3/1989 to 12/31/2009

Moving average: Holy Grail or Fairy Tale  by: Theodore Wong This is a three part series of papers. Links below:

Part 1

Part II

Part III

In this episode I will cover the pros of using ETFs and the cons of conventional mutual funds.

In episode three I will cover why going global matters now more than ever.  In addition, there will be two quick tips at the end of the episode.

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In episode 2 I will cover point two of my investment philosophy – Limit Losses and why limiting losses is so important. Below you will find links to material referenced in the podcast.

Bull and Bear Market chart on my investment firm’s site.

50 day EMA and 200 day EMA study – This white paper outlines the utility of using the 50 and 200 day EMAs to gauge the health of markets and securities.

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Here it is folks.  The premier episode of the weekly ETF GPS podcast.  What should you expect from our new podcast besides ranging good content?  Each week I will give a run down on global markets, some market commentary, a timely topic, and wrap up with a quick tip.

The first five episodes.  Each of the first five episodes will cover one of the five principles in my core investing philosophy: Manage Risk, Limit Losses, Go Global, Use ETFs, and Follow Trends.  Each weekend we will post a new episode.