Archive for July, 2011
TAA Model for August, 2011
This is a monthly feature at the MarketSci Blog. Our Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) model selects up to four assets from a diversified basket of asset classes on the final trading day of each month. Below is the new allocation for today’s close. Click to read more about the TAA model. I eat my own cooking, so I’ve devoted a healthy share of [...]
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Seasonality Map for August, 2011
This is a monthly feature at the MarketSci Blog. Below is a map of potentially strong/weak days for the US stock market in August based on historical seasonality patterns. Read more after the image. Scorecard: since launching in April 2010, the monthly seasonality map has called the closing direction of the S&P 500 correct 49% of the time with [...]
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August Weakness
The end of July is nigh. This is a quick look at how the U.S. market has performed historically in August. First the (misleading) numbers… From this 30,000 foot view, August has performed almost perfectly in line with the average month over the last 80 years. But averages can be misleading because they say nothing about [...]
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