We are in the mist of earnings season and political season. The fireworks are definitely on the political side. Thus far the earnings have not been too exciting, modestly better that expected. There are no signs of a pickup. Please click the link below to continue reading: Market in a Minute 2016-7-26
Read BlogThe PVG Loss Averse Equity Income strategy had a very strong second quarter, up 3.6% net of fees, besting both the stock and bond market, and up 5.2% thru the end of the second quarter. The current yield on the portfolio is 4.9%. Although the yield has dropped a little as stock prices have gone…
Read BlogThis week is the first full week of 2nd quarter earnings reports, thus far what we have seen are the banks having better than expected earnings, yet still lower on a year over year basis. We believe banks are an interesting area to invest, at least as a hedge against rising interest rates. Please click…
Read BlogWe want to give you a more detailed description to all of our portfolios at PVG Asset Management, along with the performance for the latest quarter and year to date. We think this will help you to understand which strategies are best for you. Please click the link below to continue reading: PVG – Quarterly…
Read BlogThe market technicians are turning bullish after we finally broke through the old high of 2134 during May 2015. These are kind of meaningless statistics as none of the other periods match up very well with this one, but since 1928, when the S&P 500 has gone at least one year without making a 52-week…
Read BlogThe market has now traded back close to where we started before the Brexit vote. We never viewed the vote to exit as necessarily being a negative for the U.K., but we knew the markets would not like it. Our market fell about 5.6% and 5 days later were back to where we started. Please…
Read BlogThe U.K. voted to exit the E.U., as one very well knows at this point. We are not surprised at all with the vote. We think the sign they show over and over again by protestors on the cable news channels says it all, “I am not British I am European”. We think the problem…
Read BlogLast week the Federal Reserve did an about-face and took raising interest rates off the table, at least no more than once this year. It is an odd Fed, they put this fear in the market and then they quickly take it out. The Fed has lost credibility. Please click the link below to continue…
Read BlogThe 10 year German Bund yield is now at 0.023%, so very close to zero, and about to turn negative. The 10 year U.S. Treasury note is 1.63%. We find these yields remarkable. These yields are below the yields of the depressionary period of the 1930’s and 1940’s. This is a serious bubble. Please click…
Read BlogWe are having a good year up 4.52% net of fees through June 7, 2016, with our goal of 7% on average annually. Our goal of 7% provides an investor with roughly a double in performance of a portfolio over a ten-year period. The strategy has generally provided significant diversification and protection in a bear…
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