Originally published February 6, 2022 Portfolio Update It's been another good month for the portfolio versus my benchmark, however, I am still slightly negative for the year. There has been a lot of volatility in the markets and most of it is playing in my favour as it relates to my more defensive positioning. My … Continue reading The Financial Periodic Table
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Originally published January 2022 Not unlike most of the 2021 world Covid dumpster fire, the investment world has also been really volatile, which has been both good and bad. How can it be both? Well, my 19% portfolio return is nothing to sneeze at until you factor in that the SP500 USA index returned about … Continue reading Marc’s 2021 Portfolio Returns
Originally published October 13, 2020 Market Call Option Sale I finally sold my market call option with a gain of 38% YTD. The option was a pre-covid strategy to take advantage of a generally stable rising market. It basically returns what the Sp500 returns times 5. If the market went up 1%, then the call … Continue reading The Case for ETFs
Originally published September 15, 2020 During this period I continue to manage risk by swapping out Gilead for United Health Group within my Health Sector group. The main reason for this change is to increase diversification, as all my health sector positions are biopharmas concentrated in drug discovery. At face value, they are all very … Continue reading The Market is Up… Where Next?
Originally published July 22, 2020 I have decided to unwind most of the crash strategy. This week I have made a number of adjustments to lower volatility and make the portfolio more resilient. I am way ahead and there is no reason to get too greedy at this point. I have basically: Rebalanced the portfolio … Continue reading My Cash Strategy
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