Ideal Hedge for High-yield Corporate Bonds?
December 28, 2009 - Bonds
There is probably no instrument that is an “ideal” hedge based on the definition of very low return correlations with high-yield bonds under all economic conditions.
December 28, 2009 - Bonds
There is probably no instrument that is an “ideal” hedge based on the definition of very low return correlations with high-yield bonds under all economic conditions.
December 26, 2009 - Momentum Investing
The leap from past multi-year highs to future performance is not obvious.
December 24, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 41%
We evaluate here the market commentary of Donald Rowe since June 2002, previously available via Zacks.com. Donald Rowe, Chief Research Director of the Carnegie Management Group. Mr. Rowe’s commentary for Zacks was discontinued as of May 2008. The table below quotes forecast highlights from the cited source and shows the performance of the S&P 500 Index… Keep Reading
December 24, 2009 - Individual Gurus
…evidence from simple tests on a limited dataset does not support a belief that Arch Crawford’s trading recommendations beat a buy-and-hold strategy.
December 22, 2009 - Individual Gurus
There is not enough information at the Peter Dag Portfolio to evaluate meaningfully the forecasting or investment record of its editor, George Dagnino.
December 18, 2009 - Momentum Investing, Technical Trading
…evidence from simple tests indicates that the TimingCube market timing advisory service may outperform a buy-and-hold strategy over periods that include bear market conditions, but that nimble use of 200-day simple moving average crossover signals may do as well or better than TimingCube signals.
December 17, 2009 - Technical Trading
there is not enough information available to assess the value of the MarketTrak service with reasonable confidence. Data snooping bias is a principal concern.
December 17, 2009 - Bonds, Economic Indicators
Are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), for which the Treasury adjusts the principal based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), effective as an inflation hedge? In their September 2009 paper entitled “A TIPS Scorecard: Are TIPS Accomplishing What They Were Supposed to Accomplish? Can They Be Improved?”, Michelle Barnes, Zvi Bodie,… Keep Reading
December 16, 2009 - Technical Trading
…the StocksandBulls.com trading advisory service may offer an edge to traders with reasonably large accounts. However, a recent large increase in the number of recommended positions, a tendency to hold losers longer than winners and anonymity of the offeror are cautions.
December 15, 2009 - Gold
…gold is generally a hedge and safe haven for stocks in developed markets, but not in emerging markets.