by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Sector rotation is the practice of ascertaining and purchasing market sectors that hopefully will produce market-beating returns. The problem is sectors fall in and out of favor, similar to the changing cycles in small-caps, mid-caps, and large-caps where their dominance ebbs and flows, for months or years at a [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA The powerful VectorVest UniSearch tool provides subscribers with over 200 pre-set (default) searches (e.g., strategies) to identify stocks/ETFs that meet specific screening criteria. The four variables in the UniSearch screen have the following descriptions: Date/Time, Parameter, Operator, and Value. Each criterion in the search requires that each of these [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA My September 9th blog article on ETF investment strategies covered the basics for investors. This article focuses on ETF trading strategies, which is much more challenging than simple investing, as they may involve entering and exiting positions over minutes, hours, days or weeks, depending on the type of trading [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Investing in the markets scares many individuals because of the emotional and financial devastation and frequency of corrections and bear markets. For example, since 2000 there have been two instances of bear markets: 49% and 56% decline during March 2000 to October 2002, and from October 2007 to March [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Buy-and-hold investing is recommended by most financial advisors, mutual fund sponsors, and many professional money managers. Their reasoning is that the markets have a long-term upward bias, so stay fully invested at all times. They say, “Time in the market is more important market timing.” Warren Buffett says he [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (BRKB: NYSE), based in Omaha, NE, and incorporated in 1998 is presided over by the world-renowned stock sage Warren Buffet (94), also known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and his young 99-year-old sidekick Charlie Munger. The company held its 2023 Annual Meeting on May [...]
