Author Liam L.

After some tumultuous weeks the markets seem to be catching their breath. Of the 10 Yellow Arrows we had all but two (PFF, HEDJ) moved back to Green. We’re still mostly in Long Term Uptrends.

Two more of our ETF’s, PFF (iShares US Preferred Stocks) and HEDJ (Wisdom Tree Europe Hedged Equity) moved to Yellow (caution) Arrows but there were no new Red Arrows (Long Term Down Trend).

Things are continuing to be tough worldwide. What started as a slip in the Emerging Markets moved to Europe and is now permeating the U.S. ETFs as we see a number of them changing from Green Arrows to Yellow (caution)… Continue Reading →

Markets are going up and down by a seemingly large amount. The problem isn’t the size of the move but the fact that we’ve been lulled to sleep for the past three or so years. This is our wake up… Continue Reading →

All eight of our Yellow Arrows have returned to Green as the markets seemed to have stanched their declines. Volatility has reentered the scene after rearing its head only briefly over the past few years, so we do not know… Continue Reading →

We now have Eight Yellow Arrows. This is cause for concern, and that concern should translate into a careful watching of the Decline Limit Price but not a rush to assume a rating change will be imminent. We’ll grant you… Continue Reading →

Halloween’s got nothing on this market. This is indeed scary, but in times like these the most important thing any investor can have is a plan, and we have one. We know what our downside risk is and it’s important… Continue Reading →

Rapidly falling markets are indeed scary, but they need to be addressed rationally and not emotionally. That is one of the main reasons, if not the main reason, for our website. We want to take emotion out of the investment… Continue Reading →

We have two ETFs, EEM and VWO, which have reached their decline limit price after dropping 20% from their recent highs. This means that their Arrows have changed to Red and their Long Term Trends are now Negative. These are… Continue Reading →

Three quarters have passed this year and we still have had NO changes to any of our Long Term Trends. In fact it has been over two years since we have had a Long Term Trend change. When you’re working… Continue Reading →