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CORE STRATEGY
The core strategy consists of holdings that are based on market fundamentals, valuations, and long-term market trends. These are holding that should be considered “long-term” investments and should primarily track the benchmark index over time. The turnover of the portfolio should be extremely low with the exception of rebalancing periods due to market gyrations.
TACTICAL STRATEGY
The tactical strategy consists of holdings which based on the short- to intermediate-term trends of the market. As macro-economic, monetary and fiscal policy, and investor psychology impacts markets, the holdings in the tactical strategy will shift to take advantage of market rotations. Importantly, this portion of the portfolio can move to all cash if needed to reduce risk in the event of a market downturn.
FIXED INCOME
The fixed income strategy is designed to both take advantage of changes in interest rate and inflation expectations, but also deliver a lower degree of volatility to the overall portfolio. The primary focus of the fixed-income portfolio is to protect capital, generate income, and lower overall portfolio volatility.
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Commentary (as of 9/29/2023)
The market took a hit this week once again as the summer weakness continued. While many attributed the decline in stocks and rise in bond yields to the recent Fed projections of “higher for longer,” the action this week seemed more akin to end-of-the-quarter rebalancing for fund managers. Furthermore, September 30th marked the fiscal year-end for about 20% of fund managers who needed to make distributions and redemptions. Nonetheless, the market declined this week, with only minor support holding the market in place.
The market held support at the 150-DMA, which is acting as minor support. A violation of that level will see the markets quickly test the 200-DMA. If this market is going to maintain its bullish footing it must hold support and begin to firm up next week.
For now, there is no change to the bullish backdrop of the market, and nothing suggests a need to become more cautious near term. It is always possible that analysis could change over the next couple of weeks, and if it does, we will suggest reducing equity exposure and becoming more cautious.
As shown below, the WEEKLY, MACD “buy signals” remain intact from their October lows, however, there short-term MACD has triggered a short-term sell signal. We will monitor it, and the markets, closely to see if a reduction in equity exposure is needed. If the longer-term MACD confirms the short-term signal, we will need to rethink our positioning.
We previously recommended that investors should remain underweight small/mid-capitalization stocks, as well as with International and Emerging Markets; we continue to recommend remaining underweight in those areas. However, if you choose to remain predominately weighted in US Large Cap (S&P 500) markets, that is fine as money flows, due to passive investing, will continue to keep those stocks elevated.
If you are close to retirement or are concerned about a pickup in volatility, there is nothing wrong with being very underweight equities. It is better to be safe than to give up dreams of retirement to rebuild lost wealtOn
Model Performance
Model performance is a two-asset model of stocks and bonds relative to the weighting changes made each week in the newsletter. Such is strictly for informational and educational purposes only, and one should not rely on it for any reason. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Use at your own risk and peril.
