With further declines in the Canadian and US markets this past week, the S&P/TSX composite index is down 34.3% and the Nasdaq is down 31.2% since the ETF2X timers advised us to get out of the stock market in mid-June. There has been no change in the timers so you should stay in cash, short term bond ETF’s or be short the market. Personally I would not initiate a short position in the market at this point.
In my own portfolios, my Canadian holding is XSB and my US holding is IEF. The HXU/XSB model and the QLD/IEF model appeal to me since each has the lowest ulcer index and the lowest maximum drawdown in its group and both have very respectable CAGR’s. You can view updated performance tables and equity curves for the Canadian and US models here and here.
I moved my personal investments towards the ETF2X models earlier this summer and this has resulted in me ranking in the Top 50 investors at Covestor based on absolute return for the past three months.
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FJP
