Vegan Investing & Growth Portfolio Blog
The short and intermediate term look brighter
Recognition of the woes of the economy and earnings appear to be fully realized hence the extreme readings in investor sentiment. The 1120 area of the S&P 500 appears for now to a relatively solid floor and its becoming hard to be as bearish as we have been...
Preservation mode
We remain in preservation mode, of which Gold is a part of the plan. However Gold continues its parabolic move upward so we're seeing modest growth despite market weakness. My estimation is that Gold and now Silver are rising in anticipation of Bernanke's speech in...
Happy with hedges
This mornings action makes me feel a great deal better about our hedging and risk reduction over the past month. Getting defensive when the market is in a downturn not only preserves your capital but your state of mind as well. Keeping a clear and unemotional...
The Dark Side
It would have been nice if our models had gone to a hedged position a couple of weeks ago but we use earnings as a timing mechanism and earnings are only now rolling over and I think this is just the beginning. Our models have formally gone to a hedged position so...
Whipsaws galore
After a major market pullback the natural reaction might be to just hang in their for the follow up rally, but not so fast. Market bottoms are a process not a point in time. What I mean is that we may have made a bottom in equities on Monday but the odds are very...
Adding S&P 500 Inverse ETF’s
Not since 2009 have I purchased an Inverse Exchange Traded fund but with this absurd volatility I see the opportunity for a trade in the SDS at $24.71. We may have been up 500 points in the afternoon but nothing is resolved and the Presidents press conference was as...
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