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The Timing Value of John Hussman’s Market Climate Assessments

John P. Hussman, Ph.D, president of Hussman Investment Trust, describes his market timing approach as follows: “The key elements in evaluating securities and market conditions are ‘valuations’ and ‘market action.’ Each uni...

Mark Hulbert’s Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index

A reader suggested that we review the stock market commentary of Mark Hulbert, editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest, which tracks the recommendations of a wide range of investing newsletters. He is also a regular columnist at MarketWatch. Because Mar...

Steve Todd’s Intermediate-Term Market Calls, A Forward Test

...a trader using Steve Todd's intermediate-term stock market calls as made public via Decision Point since 5/4/06 would have underperformed the market substantially.

Warren Buffett on Investing

Does Warren Buffett consistently keep Berkshire Hathaway in market-beating form? If so, how does he do it? In his annual letters to stockholders, he includes company performance and benchmark data and describes in general terms how he goes about invest...

Forbes Evaluates Ken Fisher’s Stock Picking

Several readers have asked about Ken Fisher’s stock picking performance. Each year, Forbes calculates the performance of columnist recommendations assuming: (1) equal initial investments in each stock pick when published; (2) 1% trading friction ...

Abby Joseph Cohen, the Sunny Side

A reader suggested that we review the stock market commentary of Abby Joseph Cohen, partner and chief U.S. investment strategist at Goldman Sachs. Her public record, available most robustly via MarketWatch and Bloomberg.com, focuses on her year-end for...

last test – please ignore

this is a final test You May Also Enjoy...This is a test post – please ignore Implications of Short Selling with No Tick Test Rough Test of the Concept Underlying the BMW Method

Jim Rohrbach’s Technical Timing Approach

...evidence from straightforward tests on a fairly small sample does not support a belief that Jim Rohrbach's timing approach (including service fees) beats simple benchmarks.

Web Site Changes and Upgrades

Over the past week, CXOadvisory.com migrated to a new content management system...

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Dennis Slothower’s Timing

We evaluate here the stock market commentary of Dennis Slothower via Zacks.com and MarketWatch.com since June 2002. Dennis Slothower, who is editor of the Stealth Stocks and On the Money...

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Gary Shilling: A Dozen Reasons To Worry

As suggested by reader Eric Tyson, we evaluate here the Forbes.com commentary of Gary Shilling regarding the broad U.S. stock market since the beginning of 2000. Gary Shilling is founder of A....

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Bernie Schaeffer: The Schaeffer’s Edge?

As suggested by a reader, we evaluate here the stock market commentary since late 2000 of Bernie Schaeffer, Chairman of Schaeffer’s Investment Research and Senior Editor of “Bernie... Read the entire article at the CXO blog!