In today’s fast-paced, global financial market place, investors are searching for a way to participate in the stock market advances without getting mauled in periodic bear markets that destroy capital. This book and website provide a non-emotional, time-tested approach to investing that provides a common sense method to accomplish that goal using a combination of three components: the Dashboard indicators, recommended ETFs, and relative strength analysis.
All the details that you need to become a self-confident and self-directed investor are provided in a complete investing plan. All the information you need to obtain to track the market and the ETFs that you invest in is provided with free Internet links. In about five minutes once a week, you can monitor the markets and your ETF investments to determine if any changes are necessary.
2010 Dashboard Performance
Since the first stock market signal was issued on this website on April 27, 2010 through December 31, 2010, the Dashboard has gained 9.07% compared to the NASDAQ’s 6.84% increase. That 2.23 percentage point difference was accomplished even though the Dashboard was out of the market for 75.8% of all the days. Here is the performance data:
2011 Dashboard V2 Performance
The Version 2 Dashboard was introduced on March 12, 2011 in the blog. This is a more simplified approach that uses four indicators instead of the origina eightl . Make sure to read the report and the data tables provided in the blog.
The Version 2 Dashboard performance for 2011 was worse than the NASDAQ Composite due to the numerous trend changes. In addition, hedge fund managers on average lost about 5% for their clients. That should indicate how difficult 2011 was to make money. The Dashboard results are provided in this link:
Dashboard V2 Review for 2011 With Table 1l
DashboardV2 Chart with Buy and Sell Signals
The link below provides all the V2 Signals:
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$COMPQ&p=D&yr=2&mn=0&dy=0&id=p50034199149&a=250074893
The latest Dashboard Signal was a SELL signal on February 21, 2012.
Why This Website Was Developed
This site was developed specifically for investors who have read this book and want to use its strategy to build wealth during market up trends and protect their principal during down markets. If you happened to arrive at this website from another source, that is terrific. Now you have an opportunity to learn about a better way of investing than continuing with the unsuccessful buy-and-hold approach. Make sure to review the FAQs before going to the weekly blog postings to make sure that you understand how the strategy works, as well as how to easily obtain the market indicators, and to review the back-tested results.
If you haven’t purchased the book yet and would like to benefit from this website, I suggest that you just click on the top tab on the right (Buy It) and get going. This book is available not only in hardcopy, but also in the Nook and Kindle editions, so you have no excuse not to buy it. The Kindle edition can also be purchased for a laptop or desktop PC, not just the handheld device, by first downloading the free PC software from Amazon. When you download the book, it will be available in seconds for the nominal price of $9.99.
This book provides a practical, easy-to-implement rule-based investing approach that investors can master quite easily. Of course, to use the strategy you need to obtain the updated data on the Internet and I provide you with these free sites to you in the book.
This book will assist yyou in using the strategy presented in this book to become smart profitable investors going forward. Of course, your risk tolerance, covered in an early chapter, will determine how you allocate your assets between equities and fixed income vehicles. Profitable investing is accomplished by first determining the market’s health using a group of market indicators, and then investing in a limited universe of exchange-traded funds, selected by a weekly relative strength analysis. Once the market trend has changed all equity positions should be sold and the proceeds are placed safely in cash awaiting the next buy signal.
After reading the FAQs, go to the blog page for the latest market commentary, Dashboard readings, and backtest results (June 7 blog and also in the FAQ tab).
The blog will be updated weekly on Sunday or a day or so earlire to keep you informed as to the dashboard market conditions. And of course reader comments and questions are always welcomed.
Disclaimer:
The information offered on this site is for educational purposes only. Investing and trading involves risk, and the user is solely responsible for any investing or trading decisions that he or she undertakes. Historical stock market performance is no indication of future results. Although the author has taken every precaution to present accurate data, he assumes no liability for errors or omissions. It is offered without warranty of any kind. All concepts and ideas presented should be taken as points of departure for the individual’s own research. You are responsible for your own investment/trading decisions. Recommendations are made without any consideration of your personal financial sophistication, financial situation, investing time horizon, or risk tolerance. Investments recommended may not be appropriate for all investors. Use of this material constitutes your acceptance of these terms.
