How About Evaluating VectorVest?
August 19, 2009 - Individual Gurus
…there is not enough information on VectorVest’s public web site to do any detailed evaluation.
August 19, 2009 - Individual Gurus
…there is not enough information on VectorVest’s public web site to do any detailed evaluation.
August 18, 2009 - Animal Spirits, Technical Trading
…Asian stock markets do to some degree follow the U.S. market, including its sharp drops. However, U.S. market plunges are rare and clustered, the Asian market responses to these plunges are noisy, and overnight/weekend gaps on Asian markets substantially absorb plunge contagion.
August 17, 2009 - Fundamental Valuation
…evidence indicates that aggregate earnings alone are not a useful predictor of overall stock market behavior, but firm-level (highly segmented industry) earnings are useful for predicting returns of individual stocks (highly segmented industries).
August 16, 2009 - Individual Gurus
There is not enough information publicly available on the web to test his claims.
August 15, 2009 - Individual Gurus
There is not enough information on the Financial Picks web site to evaluate the claims of accuracy or returns there.
August 11, 2009 - Equity Options
…evidence suggests that covered call writers who can achieve relatively low trading frictions can maximize returns by focusing on small, high-volatility, illiquid past winners. For small players, achieving low trading frictions is problematic.
August 9, 2009 - Individual Gurus
Alan M. Newman, Editor of Alan M. Newman’s Stock Market Crosscurrents, wrote on 8/3/09:
August 4, 2009 - Animal Spirits
…evidence from experimental tests indicates that investor/trader overreaction probably is pervasive, partly driven by overconfidence and not subject to moderation through learning. Overreaction tends to elevate portfolio volatility and reduce portfolio Sharpe ratio.
August 4, 2009 - Individual Gurus
…the accuracy of the Crosscurrents forecasts/targets for the S&P 500 index during 2001-2008 is probably below the average accuracy achieved by other stock market experts.
August 1, 2009 - Individual Gurus - Guru Accuracy: 29%
As suggested by a reader, we evaluate here the commentaries of Robert McHugh, Ph.D., at Safe Haven since February 2004 (the earliest we can find). Robert McHugh is president of Main Line Investors, Inc., a registered investment advisor in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania “dedicated to the preservation of capital in turbulent economic times, while offering… Keep Reading