‘Colombia’ Archive

Hot Emerging….Going Cold?

Last Friday I suggested to watch the “Hot Emerging ETF’s” for a sign of “global PRICE weakness!”  (see post here). CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Each of the ETF’s have been very hot performers over the past 4-5 months.  Now each of them are breaking key support.  Harvested positions early last week in this arena  (see [...]

How are the “Hot” ETF’s doing of late?

    Emerging markets, especially some of the smaller countries have been “HOT PERFORMERS” over the last 6 months, as the U.S. Dollar has declined over 15% since it peaked in June.  See performace below, compared to the 500 index!     CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE   While debate per if the U.S. will have [...]

Pocket Change gains taken on 10/19.

Anytime I HARVEST (sell) positions for a gain, I refer to them as “Pocket Change Gains.”   Using a baseball analogy, I am NOT looking to hitting HOME RUNS with positions, just attempting to hit SINGLES.  Hit enough of them, they all start adding up, creating more “Pocket Change” for investors.  If gains of 4-5% in a couple of weeks [...]

Turkey is flying higher…

Have shared several times of late that the international markets/smaller countries ETF’s  are the place to be. (see ”Unknown ETF’s nothing to laugh about).  On a Relative Strength basis, many countries are outperforming the S & P 500, by a sizeable margin.  Positive  pattern breakout of this ascending triangle for the Turkey ETF (TUR) is shown below. Does the United [...]

It’s a small world after all…

Anyone ridden Disney’s “It’s a small world after all?”  Can you sing the song? Sir John Templeton used to say the key to investment success is diversification, finding assets that move in different directions, at the same time.  Below is a snap shot highlighting some of the major world markets. Notice anything? It is a small world after [...]