It happens to every investor from time to time. We sell a stock that's pulled back and met our sell rules, and as soon as we do, it starts going back up again. Sometimes it keeps going up and we kick ourselves for selling too soon. Sometimes, however, the bounce-back is short lived. It goes back up until [...]
Terrific attendance on our SOTW Q&A webinar today. I was asked by several people if would provide a copy of my slide presentation. So, I have copied them to a PDF and attached it below. (Hover your mouse over the top right corner of the PDF. A tab labelled 'pop out' will appear. Click on it if you [...]
In case you missed it, the US market officially turned BEARISH on Friday. VectorVest's Earnings Trend Indicator for the S&P500 forecasted EPS fell below 1.00 to 0.99 which triggered the signal. The Truth Chart tells us that the market is now in a Case 6 Bear Market Scenario in which earnings and inflation are trending lower [...]
A short report today. After a modestly promising open, Toronto ended the day down 1%. The slide was less severe than seen in the U.S. where the major indexes fell around 1.4% or more. Investors worried about economic data and short-term growth prospects in the U.S. For a complete report including a look at the major [...]
Today! Wednesday, March 25 at 4:30 p.m. EDT - Develop A Winning Trading Plan for Successful, Worry-free Investing. This webcast will explain the qualities of a Successful Trading Plan. We will show you how anyone can create and test out your plan using the VectorVest's Autotimer Genius. This webcast is a Questrade partnership so you can be sure there will be some exciting special [...]
Do you know about Contra ETF's? Our SOTW Q&A about Contra ETF's is today, Tuesday, March 17 at 12:30 EDT. Friday's special presentation was titled, "Contra ETF's. Your Bear Market Solution?" Let's take this opportunity during our webinar to answer your questions and talk about: how and when to use contra ETF's to profit or protect during [...]
I received a few requests this week for the slides of our Monday SOTW Q&A Webinar in which we reviewed Lester G's contest winning-trading system. So, I decided to attach the slides here in case others would like to see them again. I've added four graphs to the slides, a sample the many graphs we studied during Monday's webinar. People said [...]
It’s amazing how two or three big winners can transform your portfolio. It can turn an average year into a good year. A good year into an exceptional year. This truism was never more evident than when studying the portfolio results of our Midas Touch Challenge contest winners. Our $2,500 Grand Prize Winner was announced during [...]
If you haven't seen it already, you must watch Friday night's Strategy of the Week presentation. Todd Shaffer, Manager of Research, described how Sharon Conrad, a VectorVest employee, produced a 69.91% gain from January 2, 2013 to January 15, 2015 with only a 7.10% drawdown. Sharon's score became the benchmark to beat in the Midas [...]
Once individuals begin working and start to accumulate some savings at the end of the month, that's often when they seriously begin thinking about the best ways to invest their hard-earned money. Why invest? Generally you invest in order to put your money to work for you in order to create wealth. It doesn't take a lot of extra [...]
