Tactical Allocations

Monthly Portfolio Update: There, again, is no change to the tactical allocation for August:   Large Cap Equity:   100%   Small Cap Equity:     0%   High Yield Debt:        0%    Inv. Grade Debt:        0%   The Equal portfolio:   There is $1231.01 in this account so it is time to put some of that money to work in the asset classes that have underperformed. I will invest approximately half into JNK and half into AGG.  I will do the AGG trade first as it has the higher price (this helps reduce the amount of cash left over after the trades) The TA portfolio:  There will be no trades in this portfolio.  The Enhanced portfolio:  The purchase I made one year ago was KXI.  This is a global consumer staples ETF.  I am going to maintain this exposure so there will be no trades in this portfolio for July. Disclaimer: Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance.  This strategy is presented for informational purposes only and is not a solicit

COMMENTARY: Equal Portfolio:   This portfolio is invested about 25% in each of four asset classes ( investment grade debt AGG (-0.1%) ,  high yield debt JNK (-0.4%) ,  large cap equity VONE (0.1%)  and  small cap equity VTWO (0.1%) ). In June it returned 0.2%. It is the baseline or benchmark against which I judge the other portfolios. TA portfolio:  This portfolio is 100% in   large cap US equities VONE (0.1%) . So, in June it returned 0.1%. Enhanced portfolio:     This portfolio returned 0.4% in June. global utilities JXI (0.3%) , global consumer staples KXI (1.5%) , International Equity DSEUX (-0.2%) , US equity DSEEX (0.1%) , commodities DBCMX (-2.9%) . Co lor significance: Red           =   Small cap equity  Orange     =   Large cap equity Purple      =   High yield debt Green       =   Investment grade debt PERFORMANCE: Cumulative returns of each of the strategies as though you had invested $100,000 in them at the beginning of the blog. Peer

Equal Weight Portfolio: Cash balance on July 2nd = $837.72 No trades TA Portfolio: Cash balance on July 2nd = $573.46 No trades Enhanced TA Portfolio: Cash balance on July 2nd before trades = $705.08 Sold 697.358 shares of DSEUX at $10.75 per share (I put this order in to sell all remaining shares), $7 commission, total proceeds $7489.60 Purchased 158 shares of IEMG at $51.50 per share, $7 commission, total cost $8144.00  Cash balance after trades = $50.68 DISCLAIMER: Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance.  This strategy is presented for informational purposes only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any securities.  October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in.  The others are July, January, September, April, November, May , March, June, December, August and February. ~ Mark Twain