The Mitt Romney Stock Portfolio

Now that the presidential election campaigns are in full swing, some investors are looking at the investment portfolios of the candidates. Candidates are required to file OGE Form 278, Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Form, which provides insight into the stocks and bonds that they own. These forms can be found at the OpenSecrets website.

So let's start with the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney. According to publicly files records, he owns the following along with the estimated values of the holdings.

Gold between $250,000 to $500,000

Goldman Sachs Inflation Protected Securities Fund (GSAPX) between $250,000 to $500,000

Ford (F) between $250,000 to $500,000

Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Fund (GSSMX) between $500,000 to $1,000,000

iShares S&P Europe 350 Index (IEV) between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000

iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ILF) between $500,000 to $1,000,000

SPDR S&P Emerging Europe (GUR) between $500,000 to $1,000,000

SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Marriott International, Inc. (MAR) between $100,000 to $250,000

In addition, he owns numerous other investments including bonds, limited partnerships, currencies, and bank accounts.

If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out the various stock lists, most of which are free, at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author owns F.

By Stockerblog.com

Stock ticker symbols for the funds assume A shares, as type of shares not specified in the OGE Form 278.

Market Report on S and P 500, Oil, Gold & Dollar

Guest Article

Wednesday the market didn’t tell us anything new. The equities market is still over extended on the daily chart but the market is refusing to break down. Each time there has been seen selling in the market over the past two weeks, the market recovers. Equities and the dollar have been trading with an inverse relationship and it seems to drop every in value each selling pressure enters the market, which naturally lifts stocks.

That being said, sellers are starting to come into the market at these elevated levels and it’s just a matter of time before we see a healthy pullback/correction. The past 10 session volatility has been creeping up as equities try to sell off. There will be a point when a falling dollar is not bullish for stocks but until then it looks like printing of money will continue devaluing of the dollar to help lift the stock market. Some type of pullback is needed if this trend is to continue and the markets can only be held up for so long.

Below is a chart of the USO oil fund and the SPY index fund. Crude has a tendency to provide an early warning sign for the strength of the economy. As you can see from the April top, oil started to decline well before the equities market did. This indicated a slow down was coming.

The recent equities rally which started in late August has been strong. But take a look at the price of oil.

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by Chris Vermeulen
www.TheGoldAndOilGuy.com

The Surprise Global Leader - Time to Trade or Fade?

Guest Article

It’s hard to ignore the media coverage on global markets these days – I find myself avoiding CNBC during market hours more and more just to keep my focus where it needs to be. Across all major news sources we’ve heard a lot in the last year, the Dubai Debt Crisis, European Debt Debacle (P.I.I.G.S), fear of a U.S. double dip and more, but many investors missed the stealth success of an emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) country. Despite tepid performance across the BRIC countries in recent months India has persistently remained strong over the last 24 months and just this week hit 31 month highs.

Let’s delve into this surprising trend and determine if you should be chasing or fading this emerging powerhouse. I like to look at India based on three different time frames using three different technical based systems – this is the strategy that I use in the ETFTRADR portfolios each day. I call it a 3X3 strategy where I constantly monitor three time frames and three time-frame-unique systems, which provides diversity on indicators and periods. If you are interested in learning more about strategies we use I recommend joining Freemium TRADR, it's the easieast way to become a rockstar ETF TRADR. We’ll use the Wisdom Tree India ETF (EPI) since it has far better liquidity than other India ETFs (INP, IFN). In the last two years EPI has gained more than 20% outpacing the BRIC Index (BKF) and the S&P500 (SPY) significantly.

Let’s start with the bird’s eye view and weekly charts. The INVESTR system, which uses William’s % R, moving averages and Parabolics, has been extremely effective in 2010. The trend based system does show extreme strength, however, is it too strong to chase now? In my view, it’s not a good time to enter based on weekly charts – traders do not want to fight the current on EPI, but rather look for lower risk entries. Take a look at the chart below; I’ve highlighted several different entry points based on this type of bull retest. I look at 80 or 50 level retest to provide advantageous entry prices. The key is marking the retest bar’s low as your stop. To continue reading, click HERE.

By Andrew Hart – ETFTRADR

Bear Acceleration Confirms New Trade Signal

Guest Article

August will be the third month of losses for the stock market out of the last four when the books close next Tuesday and we move into September. The major US indices have lost more than 5% across the board with the Dow down just 4.25% and the Russell 2K down 10%. The bearish price action looks like it will continue for the majority of September.

As of Wednesday’s close a new, confirmed bear signal has emerged on the markets and it’s historically dependable. In addition to the slew warning signs from Monday’s Equity Put/Call, the VIX crossing above its 200 day moving average and poor home sales we are seeing a short signal based on Acceleration Bands. Let me explain what this means…

Perhaps one of the most difficult momentum indicators to trigger a buy or sell for the SP500 is Acceleration Bands – the bands target the top/bottom 5% of bull and bear trends helping traders focus on only strongest moves. Check out our free Indicator How to Video on Acceleration Bands. The signals are easy – a traditional Acceleration Band Buy Signal occurs after 2 consecutive closes outside the upper band while a Sell Signal occurs after 2 consecutive closes below the lower bands…

Why is this Important NOW?

Wednesday’s close marks the second consecutive close below the lower Acceleration Band meaning a Bearish Acceleration is expected in the market. The previous signals based on acceleration were profitable more often than not.

In the chart below you can see all SPY acceleration signals since 2008. I’ve noted the entry/exit dates and entry/exit prices of each signal—the performance is based on the total signal result and max gain/loss is the max gain in the signal. What’s interesting is that about 75% of signals were profitable at one point during the signal. This means we’ve got a very good opportunity to short the market now.



To give you a better idea of what these signals look like on a chart we plotted the system on the chart below. This shows you the systematic entry/exits. Overall, you can see that these areas are the strongest trends over the past two years—Acceleration Bands seek to highlight the top 5% of moves in a stock or ETF. Of course, the S&P500 (SPY) is an average so there are several sector ETFs experiencing the same signal. Other sector ETFs that are currently in bear accelerations are SPDR Energy (XLE) and SPDR Financials (XLF).

What’s Bottom line for TRADRs? Seasonality suggests that we could see strong selling pressure in September while the mid-term election cycle suggests a one year rally starting after the elections… It would seem likely that a sharp seasonal sell-off could take place in September following by a strong fourth quarter rally.

SP500 Index – Daily – Acceleration Band Signals Since 2008



Trade well,

Andrew Hart – ETFTRADR