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Invest­ing insights, pod­cast episodes, and mar­ket analy­sis.

QAV Weekly Update 2023-10-31

Oct 31, 2023 |

Hel­lo QAVvers It’s anoth­er Tues­day. Anoth­er dis­mal week for the AORD.… As TK point­ed out when we record­ed today, it’s almost back to where it was in 2007 before the GFC. Let’s have a look at the portfolio.QAV PORTFOLIO REPORT The Dum­my Port­fo­lio is per­form­ing well…

QAV Light Weekly Update #90

Oct 30, 2023 | ,

Hel­lo QAV Light Brigade It’s Mon­day and this is my week­ly report. Wel­come to our new sub­scribers! The AORD had anoth­er dis­mal week, although not as bad as the pre­vi­ous one. It’s almost down to the 52W low.   FREE WEBINAR I’ll hold anoth­er one in a few weeks.…

QAV #643 — A Technical Correction

QAV #643 — A Technical Correction

Oct 25, 2023 | , ,

We’re in a tech­ni­cal cor­rec­tion; stay­ing ful­ly invest­ed; CCP col­lapse; new 3PTL sells num­ber jumped this week; Pulled pork RRL; the per­for­mance of AFI.

In the Club edi­tion only: Is being rich a super­pow­er?; stay­ing enthu­si­as­tic dur­ing a long down­turn; how TK dif­fer­en­ti­ates between qual­i­ty and val­ue; the value/risks of a con­cen­trat­ed 10 stock port­fo­lio; WWTD if he had cash but a full port­fo­lio?

Does Market Timing Work?

Oct 24, 2023 |

One of our mem­bers sent me this arti­cle by Charles Schwab, “Does Mar­ket Tim­ing Work?”. They stud­ied the dif­fer­ence between try­ing to time your invest­ments ver­sus just stay­ing ful­ly invest­ed. Their con­clu­sion prob­a­bly won’t sur­prise any lis­ten­ers to our show:  Our…

QAV Weekly Update 2023-10-24

Oct 24, 2023 |

Hel­lo QAVvers It’s anoth­er Tues­day. The AORD reminds me of Hoku­sai’s Great Wave Off Kana­gawa. We’re just wait­ing for that swell on the far right of the image.… BTW, did you know this wood carv­ing, thought in the West to be “so Japan­ese” is actu­al­ly a blend­ing of…

Why We Stay Fully Invested

Oct 23, 2023 |

This analy­sis from JP Mor­gan explains why we need to stay ful­ly invest­ed at all times. If you miss out on the 10 best days, your long-term return is halved. If you miss the 20 best days, you lose 60% of your returns. And, as the chart says, “Six of the sev­en best days…

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