Performance
Global Core finished February up 2.18% and up 3.45% year to date.
Global Core benefited from a broad rise in US Equities, particularly large caps and by improvement in the Treasury market. "Too good to be true" are the words which come to mind when I look at the year-to-date performance and I look at the market.
Markets
Many of you know that I spend several hours each weekend examining and evaluating the behavior of both the market and investors in great detail. I share the resulting analysis in my Weekly Market Analyst Blog. The technicals underlying the Bull Market trend remain strong and provide no compelling evidence that a top is near. I see probable upside at +5% and improbable upside at +29%.
- Market Remains Overvalued (an analysis of four market valuation indicators)
- Market Valuation, Treasuries, and Inflation: Clues from the past
In a nutshell, the Average Of Four Valuation Indicators (first blog, 3rd chart) at 79 is: #1) at 2 Standard Deviations above its Mean, #2) at its highest level since 2000 and #3) at its second highest level since 1900. That average will be around 82 as of the end of February. Jill Minsky updates these articles monthly. The second article has already been updated for February and the update to the first can not be far behind.
Website update
The website update is complete. I am particularly pleased with the "Insights" page which allows readers to browse and select topics of interest. I recommend having a look.
Tactical Asset Allocation Fund Basket Performance
Global Core Strategy
Month-to-date: 2.18% gain
Year-to-date: 3.45% gain
Full cycle-to-date (Sep 2007): 10.39% CAGR, 6.53% Max Monthly Drawdown
Performance table (updated after the close each month)
Global Satellite Strategy
Month-to-date: hibernating since Nov 2014
Year-to-date: hibernating since Nov 2014
Full cycle-to-date (Sep 2007): 25.90% CAGR@Risk, 8.2% Max Monthly Drawdown
Performance table (updated after the close each month)
Other Strategies
US Core Strategy
Month-to-date: 2.18% gain,
Year-to-date: 3.45% gain
Full cycle-to-date (Sep 2007): 10.53% CAGR, 7.14% Max Monthly Drawdown
Performance table (updated after the close each month)
