etfmsolutions: LM and TAQK Updates.. 10.10.12

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

LM and TAQK Updates.. 10.10.12

Here's 3 cheery articles that may have you wondering about the safety of your investments.
Mark Hulbert, a pretty respected market technician, also has an interesting historical lookback while CNBC notes how algo trading is still causing havoc in the markets.

And, here are the updates for the fixed portfolio models TAQK and LM as of 7:30 am PST today........

Both models are under short term pressure, largely due to the contrarian behavior of the bond sector, which stubbornly refuses to gain strength even in the face of declining equities.

Yesterday's swoon pushed the RM (Risk Managed) versions of both TAQK and LM into cash so we'll have a chance to see out the performance of the RM versus the base models plays out in real time.

In early Wednesday market action a rally is attempting to gain traction with GLD and QQQ (largely driven by APPL) showing positive gains.

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