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Logical Invest Investment Outlook March 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +4.55% return.   The Universal Investment strategy with +1.45% return.  The Global Sector Rotation strategy with +0.58% return. SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +1.79%. News: Strategy update: Our updated hedge now allocates to Treasuries, Gold or to a short US sector position. The hedge does not use currency ETFs anymore, which were conflicting with common 401k / IRA guidelines. Market comment: February proved to … Read more

Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +8.02% return.   The Universal Investment strategy with +2.64% return.  The Global Sector Rotation strategy with +2.01% return. SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned -1.00%. Market comment: In the beginning of March, most of our strategies allocated large amounts to TLT,  the Treasury ETF. Subscribers using multiple combined strategies ended up with Treasury exposure north of 70%. This was quite difficult to digest considering the current sentiment towards rising rates. And … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook May 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +6.49% return.   The Global Sector Rotation strategy with +1.28% return  The Universal Investment strategy with +1.04% return. SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned -0.48%. Market comment: Spring is coming and so is the beginning of the challenging part of the investing year. There is a reason people say “Sell in May and go away”. Historically, on average,  it has been easier to make money … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook June 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +9.81% return.   The Universal Investment strategy with +3.15% return.  The Global Sector Rotation strategy with +2.73% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +1.93%. Market comment: In May we saw both U.S. equities and U.S. Treasuries rise,  returning +2.43% (SPY)  and +2.01% (TLT) respectively. This was partly due to investors running away from Europe and into the safety of Treasuries, as Italy is once … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook July 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +13.13% return.   The 3x Universal Investment strategy with +3.03% return.  The Universal Investment strategy with +0.72% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +2.52%. Market comment: General investor sentiment is quite bearish. The most recent AAII Investor Sentiment survey shows only 28% of investors believe the markets will do well in the next 6 months, while 40% are bearish and 30% are neutral.  No wonder, as the … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook August 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +8.56% return.   The 3x Universal Investment strategy with +5.99% return.  The Universal Investment strategy with +1.34% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +6.32%. Market comment: August starts with very much the same market preoccupations as the previous summer months: Fear of a trade wars and questions about central bank policy. The possibility of additional tariffs is holding back international growth and is keeping foreign markets … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook September 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +14.54% return.   The 3x Universal Investment strategy with +12.06% return.  The BUG Leveraged strategy with +2.62% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +9.71%. Market comment: Despite tariffs, a flattening yield curve, Turkey’s currency collapse and the fear of contagion across emerging markets, the S&P 500 is yet again making new highs. The U.S. equity market has outperformed most other markets and asset classes. Part of … Read more

Logical Invest Investment Outlook October 2018 Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +14.50% return.   The 3x Universal Investment strategy with +7.85% return.  The Universal Investment strategy with +2.32% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +10.37%. Market comment: We are continuing to experience the symptoms of the end of Quantitative Easing: Higher interest rates and slightly higher inflation. The FED is normalizing policy and it seems that moderate growth and low inflation have helped make this into … Read more

Our top 2018 investment strategies, year-to-date : The NASDAQ 100  strategy with +9.95% return.   The Gold-USD  strategy with -0.81% return.  The BUG strategy with -2.02% return SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned +2.74%. Market comment: October was not a good month as the S&P 500 had a mini-crash and an ‘official’ correction touching the -10% mark from the September highs. Other markets followed the drop leaving many foreign markets in the red for the year. Our strategies were affected as well.  Let’s take … Read more