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Re:Offer HN: Stock Tips from Seasoned Novice by nathanwdavis on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @04:19PM (#1840300)
There is some evidence that you can beat the overall market by overweighting ETFs that are trending higher or whose relative strength is higher.

I created a site ( http://ETFtable.com ) to make doing this pretty easy. Sorry for the plug, but I think it's contextually relevant. Let me know what you think.

Re:Offer HN: Stock Tips from Seasoned Novice by treeface on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @05:21PM (#1840502)
I put on my skeptical hat when I hear claims like that. I'd have to see extremely solid evidence to believe it.

Nice site! Layout is cool. I haven't dabbled too much in ETFs or tools for researching them, so I'll have to pass on any judgment due to a lack of context. Still, I'm sure someone will find some use for it.

Re:Offer HN: Stock Tips from Seasoned Novice by nathanwdavis on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @09:17PM (#1841239)
Here are some backtested results of some RS ETF strategies. Specific industry, asset class, and country ETFs just haven't been around long enough to really backtest for long-term out-performance, but these seem to indicate you can beat the overall market with lower drawdowns with an RS ETF strategy: http://etfprophet.com/two-simple-relative-strength-rotation-... http://www.bpas.com/media/HBT/dent_tactical_r3.pdf
Re:Offer HN: Stock Tips from Seasoned Novice by treeface on Thursday October 28, 2010 @12:40PM (#1843602)
Thanks, Nathan. I'll be giving these a look later today!