The following trades are the 5 biggest winners in the S&P 500 Low-Volatility Growth Portfolio from February 1, 2014 to February 28, 2014. Symbol Entry Price Exit Date Current/Exit Price % Gain ORLY $130.98 02/07/2014 $147.88 12.90% TDC $41.12 02/24/2014 $45.72 11.19% BMY $48.36 02/12/2014 $52.84 9.26% COL $75.56 02/24/2014 $82.47 9.15% CERN $56.30 Open… [Read More]
Our 5 Most Popular Research Newsletter Articles of 2013
In 2013, TradingMarkets provided a variety of articles on a variety of topics for our Research Newsletter subscribers … here are our 5 most popular: Learning From The First Pullback Strategy: The basic goal of the First Pullback strategy is to find a very strong stock that’s showing its first sign of weakness, and then… [Read More]
A Better Way to Trade a Low Volatility Portfolio with ConnorsRSI
While there has been a recent proliferation of low volatility products on the market, few of them offer any real protection from a bear market. One only has to look at the August 2013 performance of SPLV, the largest low volatility ETF to see the impact of what happens to even low volatility stocks when… [Read More]
4 New Ways to Access Our Latest Research
We’ve developed 4 completely new ways to experience the advanced research and trading strategies of Chairman’s Club. These specialty clubs are all aimed at helping you focus on your individual trading goals using the latest quantified strategies from the Connors Research team. We’re offering 4 highly specialized versions of the Chairman’s Club experience that will… [Read More]
What’s New in Chairman’s Club for Fall 2013
Now that summer is over and things are back to full speed I’d like to keep you updated what’s happening in Chairman’s Club. 1. Thursday at 4:30 pm ET we held an Alpha Club meeting, where I introduced the ConnorsRSI Selective Trading Strategy. ConnorsRSI Selective applies multiple day readings of ConnorsRSI to identify the exact… [Read More]
7 Steps to Successful Low Volatility Investing – Part 2
In the Part 1 of this series we discussed the evidence that has come to light over the past 40 years that shows us that low volatility stocks out-perform high volatility stocks. Contrary to the financial theories taught to every MBA student, investors do not get paid for taking on more risk. Source: “Low Risk… [Read More]
Why Investing in Low Volatility Stocks is a Superior Strategy
In May of 2011, Invesco introduced the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF (SPLV). At least four more low volatility ETFs were created during 2011, including USMV, EEMV, ACWV and EFAV. Since the start of 2012 another seven such ETFs have entered the market: EELV, IDLV, PHDG, XSLV, LGLV, SMLV, and XMLV. You may wonder… [Read More]