It will likely take awhile for the global economy to regain its momentum. Strategies Patience, discipline and a long-term outlook will be rewarded
2011 was a challenging year for investors, and for the Healthcare model it was particularly difficult. Strategies Healthcare investing in an election year
We'll use a more conventional long/short equity approach in our other portfolio. Strategies Playing direct volatility
I now hedge VXX with a VXZ position or solely shorting VXZ, depending on the VIX term structure. Strategies Evolving my strategy for capturing volatility gains
Investing is a zero sum game and a poker lesson applies to short-term trading: if you don't know who the sucker is at the table, it is probably you. Strategies Outperforming my benchmark, with lower risk
As this model aims to capture trends and needs to avoid invoking the pattern day trader rule, it is difficult for the model to perform well in choppy markets as 2011 was. Strategies Choppy markets challenge my strategy
Eventually stock performance should mirror business results. Strategies 2012 outlook for my six Concentrated GARP stocks