January 2012 – Page 4 – Smarter Investing

Expecting Frontier Communications and these REITs to outperform

It looks like the start of 2012 is going to be as volatile as 2011, with unresolved European issues, expanding U.S debt and presidential elections.

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Expecting Frontier Communications and these REITs to outperform

Horace Dediu at Asymco released this terrific graph showing "a brief history of personal computing platforms."

Outlook

How the iPhone, iPad and Android have gobbled PC market …

day moving average (MA) green line crosses below the 200 day moving average red line, signaling a bearish market. Also notice that at the end of September, the

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Expecting 2012 to be a good year for the market

We hope for the best in 2012, but as always will prepare for the worst.

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3 things we look for in an investment idea

Expect confidence to grow this year – and with it, prices

This will also be the year to deploy substantial portions of risk portfolios to developing markets.

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Expect confidence to grow this year – and with it, …

A cheap stock can always get cheaper and it pays to cut your losses early.

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My best and worst stocks in 2011

Now looking for earlier stage trend changes

I’m hopeful that longer-term trends should soon establish themselves, as markets always eventually do enter long-term trending stages.

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Now looking for earlier stage trend changes

Patience, discipline and a long-term outlook will be rewarded

It will likely take awhile for the global economy to regain its momentum.

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Patience, discipline and a long-term outlook will be rewarded

Healthcare investing in an election year

2011 was a challenging year for investors, and for the Healthcare model it was particularly difficult.

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Healthcare investing in an election year

We'll use a more conventional long/short equity approach in our other portfolio.

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Playing direct volatility

Evolving my strategy for capturing volatility gains

I now hedge VXX with a VXZ position or solely shorting VXZ, depending on the VIX term structure.

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Evolving my strategy for capturing volatility gains

Outperforming my benchmark, with lower risk

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.

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