Rainer's Investment Insights

STOCKS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM... Investors keep telling me that their portfolios did not perform, while markets seem to have run up to new highs month after month.  Is that a fair assessment? Just a reminder to the reader: My investment strategy is medium term say 3-6 months, i.e. short term (days or less) consideration are really only important to me when I look to make changes to a portfolio. Anything said in this blog, be it outlook or forecast does not refer to tomorrow or end of the week. I only talk about the next 6-12 weeks' financial market probabilities and how I intend to trade. For more on my strategy please go to this page. Global Indices To check what happened over the last 12 months or more, I'd like you to take a look at the sample charts from the US, Europe and Asia in their respective currencies. US indices S&P 500, 1-year view, 2 major corrective moves; source: chartnexus S&P500: The large caps were favourites for many years but i

Model Portfolio as per  End of July 2016 Portfolio performance YTD: +15% The portfolio from January 1, 2016 to end of July maximum drawdown -4%, in February. outperforming a global equity fund by 25% year to date. 13 changes to the portfolio a model that is traded in real terms with all the charges and operational challenges.  For more insight please go to Model Portfolios .