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Staying committed to my short for all the same reasons as last week

Just sold all positions - VOX, FDN, QQQ, FXI and DBB, and went all-in with "SH." I think weakening economic data, rising infections and US-China tensions will all weigh on S&P500 next week. Results for the last two weeks, and next week's allocations: None of my posts represent an investment...

Taking profit on the gold positions today - selling GLD and IAU shortly. Rotating into Base Metals (DBB) and Chinese Equities (FXI), with the thought that both will benefit from the continued China recovery. Keeping the tech and communications positions (FDN, QQQ, VOX) for all the same reasons...

Closed out LQD, XLV and FXY positions today. Kept GLD, as I think gold will continue on its path due to the extraordinarily lose monetary policy, COVID and politics aside. To that end, adding more gold exposure through IAU. Keeping FDN and VOX, as internet and communications continue to drive...

Keeping all positions for another week, for all the same reasons (FXY, GLD, FDN, VOX, XLV and LQD). None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Last week's results: None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

I think when the recovery in equities picks back up, it will be led by the Internet, Communications and Healthcare stocks. In case of incomplete recovery, Credit will benefit. Hence, I am keeping FDN, VOX, XLV and LQD positions. Selling SPY and DBA this afternoon, and rotating into heavens – Yen...

Reasons: FDN, XLV, VOX - sectoral plays on COVID beneficiaries; DBA - agriculture has lagged in the market resurgence, and looks cheap; LQD - corporates are beneficiaries of the fed buying; SPY - opportunistically adding the benchmark to the mix on lower open. None of my posts represent an...

Executing these buys as we speak: FDN 10% XLV 10% VOX 10% LQD 50% SPY 10% DBA 10% I'll post the explanations later this morning None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Sold all three positions Friday, 6/19 at market close. Here are the results for the last two weeks: I'll post next week's trades on Monday. None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Keeping the three positions from last week, for all the same reasons

I think the US broad-market indices are looking frothy, but there are still some sectoral opportunities, such as in the consumer cyclicals (XLY); I also think there are opportunities in global equities compared to the US equities (VEU); US credit looks frothy on the surface, but with FED buying...

Sold last week's remaining positions (SPY, XME, XLI) Friday at market close. Here are the results for last week: I'll post this week's trades when I place them later this morning. None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Just sold VTV at 104.75 to lock in the 3.1% gain on this trade. None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

This week I am focusing on the sectors without structural problems, but left behind by the market's bounce-back: Value, Industrials and Mining (VTV, XME, XLI) - placed these trades this morning. Also kept the SPY position from last week. Approximate allocations: VTV 70% SPY 15% XME 5% XLI 10%...

Sold FXY at market close on Friday, May 29, kept SPY. I'll post last week's results and this week's trade shortly. None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Sold LQD at market close, keeping SPY and FXY for another week. Here are the results for the last two weeks: None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Keeping Yen and SPY for another week, for all the same reasons as last week; Adding US Credit (LQD) at about 20% allocation, as US corporates will be beneficiaries of the policy actions. None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

Trailed out of GLD at 162.67 a few minutes ago None of my posts represent an investment advice, and are provided for entertainment purposes only.

My view for next week (trades executed around 3:30pm today): After a nice run of US equities and oil this week, I am taking a defensive position of gold and yen. Also, now that I am about 12.5% ahead of the benchmark since inception of this portfolio last October, I'll ride some of the benchmark...