A Tale of Two Pies

SYNOPSIS
Nasdaq performed well again on a one-week basis. Canadian small caps are also near the top on a trend basis. The S&P/TSX brings up the rear among our major indexes with an almost non-existent trend of +0.1%.

ProfiTrend Portfolio… The annualized growth rate for the ProfiTrend Portfolio is now at +113%, up from 100% last time. Still well ahead of the benchmark indexes as usual.
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Smart Money… JUST OUT! The State Street Investor Confidence Index results for May are included. The “smart money” continues to pump up stock purchases. The Global ICI increased to 120.8, up 7.0 points from April’s revised reading of 113.8. Confidence among North American investors increased with the North American ICI rising 8.0 points to 129.4, up from April’s revised reading of 121.4. Meanwhile, the Asia ICI rose by 7.4 points to 98.6. However, the European ICI fell 5.5 points to 103.8.

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Topic of the Week… A Tale of Two Pies

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The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) quickly became the most popular of various business taxonomies shortly after it was published. Designed by the S&P indexing folks and MSCI, the GICS was prepared to modernize business classification to match the shift toward services from the industrial revolution days; and to ensure that the system was not US-centric as previous classifications have been. Hence, a more global approach as well. You can see how the top sectors break down into subgroups in the pyramid chart above. In our Topic of the Week section we look at Canadian vs US economies by the GICS breakdown of publicly traded companies. There’s a bigger difference than you might suspect.

New & Different Volatility ETF on Tap

SYNOPSIS
On a one-week basis, Canadian small caps and Nasdaq put on a good showing last week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell enough to drag it’s trend value onto the negative side. All other index trends remain positive.

ProfiTrend Portfolio… The annualized growth rate for the ProfiTrend Portfolio is now to +100%, down from 136% last time. Still well ahead of the benchmark indexes as usual.
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Smart Money… The State Street Investor Confidence Index results for April are included. The Global ICI decreased to 114.3, down just 2.3 points from March’s revised reading of 116.6. Confidence among North American investors decreased with the North American ICI falling 6.9 points to 122.1, down from March’s revised reading of 129.1. Meanwhile, the European ICI rose by 5.4 points to 109.7 while the Asia ICI rose 2.4 points to 91.5. In general “The Smart Money” still prefers stocks over bonds.

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK… A New & Different Volatility ETF on Tap

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No, that’s not Charles P. Whaley, relative trend analysis™ (RTA) inventor and zealot in the picture above… it’s his younger brother, Robert E. Whaley, “father of the VIX”, that volatility index that everyone likes to talk about. Bob is currently promoting a new ETF based on VIX for a company called AccuShares, in which he no doubt has an investment. This week’s topic includes a description of that product, along with some broader discussion comparing it to other VIX ETFs. And, with all due respect, I raise the question (again) of whether VIX has actually contributed much to our overall analysis of markets. (PS… don’t tell Bob!)

The Speed of Profits

SYNOPSIS
The US indexes (except Nasdaq) performed reasonably well last week, while Canadian stocks had fairly sharp declines. The trend rankings (slower to change direction) now have the DJI on top, followed closely by the S&P/TSX Small Cap Index.

ProfiTrend Portfolio… The annualized growth rate for the ProfiTrend Portfolio is now to +136%, up from 106% last time. Still well ahead of the benchmark indexes as usual.
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Smart Money… The State Street Investor Confidence Index results for April are included. The Global ICI decreased to 114.3, down just 2.3 points from March’s revised reading of 116.6. Confidence among North American investors decreased with the North American ICI falling 6.9 points to 122.1, down from March’s revised reading of 129.1. Meanwhile, the European ICI rose by 5.4 points to 109.7 while the Asia ICI rose 2.4 points to 91.5. In general “The Smart Money” still prefers stocks over bonds.

New Features for PTA 2.0 Members… We did mention this last week, but we’ve added the list of 30 companies comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average (plus the index itself) to the Data & Charts Workbooks. See which are radically outperforming the average and which are sorely lagging behind. We’ve also included that table in our “Preview” web site as a sample of what is available to potential new members. If you have friends who might be reluctant to sign up to the member site right away, please direct them to The ProfiTrend Advantage Preview site to sample what we have to offer.
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The Biggest Winner 5 ETF Trading Competition… We’re half way through this “funny money” trading competition with $13,000 in real cash prize money. As we promised, we’re still providing the extra trend data on all ETFs in the Horizons ETF family. It’s a separate page in the Data & Charts Workbooks, and we’ll have weekly updates through to the end. We wish everyone the best of luck in trading your way to some extra cash!

TOPIC OF THE WEEK… The Speed of Profits

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We often express our goal here as “To make as much money as we can as fast as we can”. That’s not intended to be a joke, to which you might reply “Wouldn’t we all. Ha Ha!” That is exactly our goal, and we have a systematic way to achieve it. That is The ProfiTrend Advantage! Everyone wants to make as much money as they can for their retirement years, but they think of it as “money available to invest now” vs “money required or desired for the retirement years”. That may be a good reason to start investing in the first place, but why would you limit yourself from going wildly beyond that target? The missing ingredient in most cases is an understanding of the element of time & timing in price (i.e. portfolio) appreciation. While we’ve addressed it before, most folks (even us) need to be reminded from time to time (pun intended)! You’ll find much more on this in this week’s Topic of the Week.

The Delusion of Expertise among Investment Gurus & Financial Advisors

SYNOPSIS
The major market indexes that we track were mostly negative last week, although the S&P/TSX Small Cap Index rose 1.1%… enough to bring its trend value up to the #1 position. Our other small cap index, the S&P/TSX Venture Index was also up, but to a lesser extent. Nasdaq had the biggest one-week decline.

ProfiTrend Portfolio… The annualized growth rate for the ProfiTrend Portfolio is now to +106%, down from 124% last time. Still well ahead of the benchmark indexes as usual.
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Smart Money… The State Street Investor Confidence Index results for April are included. The Global ICI decreased to 114.3, down just 2.3 points from March’s revised reading of 116.6. Confidence among North American investors decreased with the North American ICI falling 6.9 points to 122.1, down from March’s revised reading of 129.1. Meanwhile, the European ICI rose by 5.4 points to 109.7 while the Asia ICI rose 2.4 points to 91.5. In general “The Smart Money” still prefers stocks over bonds.

New Features for PTA 2.0 Members… We’ve added the list of 30 companies comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average (plus the index itself) to the Data & Charts Workbooks. Yes, these companies are also within the S&P 500 Workbook, but for those who favour the “super-large-caps” of the DJI, they’re all there at a glance. See which are radically outperforming the average and which are sorely lagging behind. We’ve also included that table in our “Preview” web site as a sample of what is available to potential new members. If you have friends who might be reluctant to sign up to the member site right away, please direct them to The ProfiTrend Advantage Preview site to sample what we have to offer.
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The Biggest Winner 5 ETF Trading Competition… We’ve definitely slipped up on our coverage of this trading competition with $13,000 in cash prize money. The extra trend data we promised to provide (on all ETFs in the Horizons ETF family) are in the Data & Charts Workbooks and have now been brought up to date. We wish everyone the best of luck in trading your way to some extra cash! More discussion on our own (so far dismal) performance coming soon.

Topic of the Week… The Delusion of Expertise among Investment Gurus & Financial Advisors

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Have you ever wondered whether those “Wall St. Wizards” who earn millions each year in salary, commissions and bonuses really have the expertise to justify that kind of compensation? Most of us probably don’t even think about it. After all, if they’re making that kind of money, they must be producing results for their companies that consistently exceed what they’re earning. Research relating individual compensation to the corporate bottom line, however, is relatively rare. Financial Services companies aren’t likely to make their records available to the public, and the winners of huge annual bonuses aren’t likely to give them back because they don’t feel that they deserve them. This week we sift through a few academic studies that suggest that these experts are quite likely making the same mistakes as individual investors, and that their track records don’t suggest that their rewards are justified at all! Check it out, and you be the judge.