January 2, 2015 | Investment Notes
Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for January as part of our regular monthly rebalancing. The strategy employs an advanced algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors, rebalanced monthly. For this month, we retained our exposure to the US financials, increased allocations to materials...
December 2, 2014 | Investment Notes
Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for December as part of our regular monthly rebalancing. The strategy employs an advanced algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors, rebalanced monthly. For this month, we retained our exposure to the US financials and technology sectors, increased allocations...
November 7, 2014 | Investment Notes
Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for November as part of our regular monthly rebalancing. The strategy employs an advanced algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors and is the latest in our series of innovative dynamic portfolio models. For the month, we increased our exposure to the...
October 7, 2014 | In The News
We are pleased to present some new ideas on the use of Dynamic Portfolios in retirement plans at the Center for Due Diligence Conference in San Antonio TX, the week of October 14. Participants in 401(k) plans typically do a poor job of managing their investment portfolios. We believe that employing the use of professional asset allocation and, importantly,...
October 5, 2014 | Investment Notes, Quarterly Commentary
Quarterly Market Review: July-September 2014 The Markets Volatility returned to equities markets in Q3. A strong August was followed by losses in September, when any rallies began to focus around selected winners rather than benefitting stocks across the board. Investors exhibited a decided preference for large caps; the S&P 500 closed above 2,000...
October 2, 2014 | Investment Notes
Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for October as part of our regular monthly rebalancing. The strategy, which employs an advanced algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors, is the latest in a series of innovative dynamic portfolio models offered by Island Light. For the month,...
August 3, 2014 | Investment Notes
Sector Rotation Notes, July 2014 Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for the month of June as part of our regular rebalancing. The strategy, which employs an advanced algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors, is the latest in a series of innovative dynamic portfolio models offered...
July 3, 2014 | Investment Notes, Quarterly Commentary
Overview We traded the Island Light Global ETF Portfolio Series at the end of the second quarter as part of our regular rebalancing strategy. This quarter’s rebalancing introduces a new innovation to the Island Light investment tool kit, a new quantitative method that provides a relative attractiveness ranking for all asset classes. The new method,...
July 1, 2014 | Investment Notes
Overview The Island Light Sector rotation strategy was updated for the month of June as part of our regular rebalancing. The strategy, which employs a sophisticated new algorithm for capturing market momentum in an optimized portfolio of US sectors, is the latest in a series of innovative dynamic portfolio models offered by Island Light. For the...
April 12, 2014 | Investment Notes, Quarterly Commentary
“The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.” ― Steven Erikson Our View As recently as the end of last year, few of us imagined that the world would be debating the political views of Vladimir Putin and its implications on European peace. Putin’s desire to ‘protect the rights’ of Russians living in the Ukraine...