We hope for the best in 2012, but as always will prepare for the worst.
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.
My best and worst stocks in 2011
A cheap stock can always get cheaper and it pays to cut your losses early.
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.
Patience, discipline and a long-term outlook will be rewarded
It will likely take awhile for the global economy to regain its momentum.
Healthcare investing in an election year
2011 was a challenging year for investors, and for the Healthcare model it was particularly difficult.
Playing direct volatility
We'll use a more conventional long/short equity approach in our other portfolio.
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.
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.
Choppy markets challenge my strategy
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.