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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Quant Approach to TAA: Equity-Like Returns with Bond-Like Volatility	It is always nice to see a model continue to perform out-of-sample. Below are the results of the "Quant Approach to TAA" paper since it left off in 2005. Equity-like returns with bond-like volatility and low drawdowns. Obviously, much of this outperformance is due to the spectacular run in commodities and the (relatively) high allocation this model uses at 20% of the portfolio. This does not include June and the additional 5% dump in the S&P500. One could use five simple ETFs to r...	June 24, 2008
The Sea Change in Bonds	The bond market has had quite a shift since the last Fed meeting. What are the common themes? Outperformance of credit, especially high yield. Return of the carry trade. Tax-free Munis have run. Underperformance of Treasuries (longer= worse), and foreign bonds, particularly carry trade currencies like the Yen and Swiss Franc. The willingness to take risks in fixed income has returned, particularly in the last two weeks. I don’t want to tell you that this is a trend that won’t re...	April 26, 2008
The Sea Change in Bonds	The bond market has had quite a shift since the last Fed meeting. What are the common themes? Outperformance of credit, especially high yield. Return of the carry trade. Tax-free Munis have run. Underperformance of Treasuries (longer= worse), and foreign bonds, particularly carry trade currencies like the Yen and Swiss Franc. The willingness to take risks in fixed income has returned, particularly in the last two weeks. I don’t want to tell you that this is a trend that won’t re...	April 26, 2008
Just Two ETFs Can Give You Diversification	These days, the investment world is all about diversification to minimize risk, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) can help you get the necessary exposure. ETFs are a great diversification tool that can help buy-and-hold types and active traders alike. Matt Kranz for USA Today questions why someone would own two stocks when they could own two ETFs instead. We have to agree with that one. Owning more stocks, rather than fewer, is a benefit because you can reduce your portfolio's overall ...	February 22, 2008
More Bond ETFs On The Horizon	Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have proliferated into every corner of the market, except one-bonds. Investors who want a fixed-income ETF only have a few choices, ironically, since ETFs are available for every niche sector down to cancer or water. It's all starting to change, because firms like Barclays, Vanguard, State Street, Bear Stearns and Ameristock are answering the need, according to regulatory filings. Rob Wherry for The Wall Street Journal reports there is a total of $23 billion in the ...	May 25, 2007
Preparing for a ‘Volatility Shock’	Related Stocks: ADRE, AGG, EFA, ICF, IDU, IGE, IVV, IWZ, SPY Geoff Considine (Quantext) submits: Many of my articles on portfolio planning make the point that overall market volatility has been at very low levels over the past several years. During periods of low volatility, investors tend to get increasingly aggressive. This happened during the technology stock boom of the late 1990’s and it is happening now with emerging markets and energy stocks, as well as a range of commodities. Comp...	May 07, 2007
Pre-Market Snapshot: Bearish Open On Tap	Wall St. Breakfast's Pre-Market Snapshot: U.S. Futures As of 8:45 AM EST S&P 500: -1.60; 1,401.80 NASDAQ 100: -6.00; 1,758.75 Dow: -21.00; 12,235.00 International Indexes Asia NIKKEI 225: -0.69%; 16,744.15 (-116.24) HANG SENG: -0.08%; 18,953.50 (-15.94) S&P/ASX 200: -0.29%; 5,836.30 (-16.70) BSE SENSEX 30: -0.90%; 12,430.40 (-113.45) Europe FTSE 100: -0.38%; 6,110.10 (-23.10) CAC 40: -0.49%; 5,363.21 (-26.64) XETRA-DAX: -0.45%; 6,555.99 (-29.48) Commodity Futures (Reuters/Jeffe...	March 16, 2007

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