The Shifting Sands of the Stock Market

In years, past investors could rely on charts, historical timing, and investment advice to profit from the stock markets and their investments.  Today's markets, global in reach, are influenced by events far from Wall Street.  Many of which are new in nature...disasters, wars, collapse of foreign banks, bailouts, and computerised trading.

Fortunately, investors can still make money the old fashion way...they earn it...by trading on the down side as well as up.  The "Virtual Portfolio" has generated a higher rate of return (ROI) shorting the markets with appropriate ETF's than being Bullish with ETF's and stocks.

With just a few weeks until the 1 year mark, the "Virtual Portfolio" has a current ROI of 47.8%. And that was from being conservative with 15% to 50% cash reserves.  I look forward to this years CNBC "Portfolio Challenge" contest.