The stock market has a seasonal tendency to be stronger from November to April, then, on average, weaker from May through October. Markets underperform about 70% of the time over the “weak” six months from May to October. That leaves similar, or better performance periods during about 30% of the time during these “bad months”. Read More
Low volatility wins in a secular sideways market
There are quite a few ETFs coming out these days marketed as “low volatility” securities. IShares has quite a host of these low-vol ETFs representing various international markets. I will disclose that I hold the iShares US minimum-vol ETF (XMU-T) in the ValueTrend Managed Equity Platform. BMO has a Canadian product that I also own Read More