Posts Tagged ‘ IBN ’
Another week of schellacking for long only strategies. The market took a bath this week, led by materials and tech, which until Thursday morning made up about 2/3 of my portfolio. I was playing buy the dip, it obviously didn’t work. My cash position at the open on Thursday was south of 5%, I loaded [ READ MORE ]
Oyyy, it was a tough week for long only strategies any way you cut it. The market trapped the chasers with three major distribution days and then puked for two straight. I made a calculated decision to lower my beta early in the week but didn’t significantly raise my cash level. I still see many [ READ MORE ]
An interesting week it was indeed. We came in on Monday to see the market ripping, it was frothy, and everyone knew it. Problem was that few were willing to sell into the strength, myself included, for fear of missing out on a melt up move. I hung on, took some pain, and added a [ READ MORE ]
The momentum book under performed a little bit this week as I am heavily loaded in tech and not exposed enough to the materials sector. Large cap tech is taking a rest here after its amazing run. Are we topping out or consolidating for the next push? I feel its the latter and not the [ READ MORE ]