Investing for Retirement
All retirement savings plans should include investments in real estate and the stock market.
Real estate and stocks have proven to be better long-term investment choices than bonds or gold.
The January Barometer is a reliable market forecasting tool.
Profits can be increased by timing trades by day of the month, especially for the Santa Claus Rally.
Backtests show trends persist and low-priced stocks underperform.
Trend reversals in stocks are signals for buying and selling.
When a dangerous market is expected, hedging is likely to be more profitable than staying out of the market.
It is not possible to keep track of the thousands of actively traded stocks, so select trades from a manageable number of stocks on a watch list.
Unless otherwise specified, gains and trend lengths on this site are measured in boxes. The number of boxes is 100 times the change in the natural logarithm of the price.
As a learning aid, an update featuring a watch list, portfolio, and summary of capital gains is posted each month. The minimum trend length in the watch list is 30 boxes. All transactions in the portfolio are real.
2011: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
2012: Jan
