The Art of Investing

Sector rotation has been proven to make good profits at the least risk if it is properly implemented. This book improves your odds in making profits than traditional schemes in sector rotation by:Market Timing. When the market is plunging, do not buy any stock including sector ETFs and sector funds. This book provides a simple chart to detect market plunges. Basically it is a sector rotation between SPY (an ETF that simulates the market) and cash (or an ETF of short-term bonds).The next rotation strategy involves four ETFs in a rising market. Optionally, you can include a contra ETF to time the market. Buy the best performer of last month of the selected ETFs.Some sectors perform better in different stages of a market cycle.Many free sites describe the best sector performers such as Seeking Alpha and CNNfn.Evaluate sector using Technical Analysis (simple charts available free from the web and Fundamental Analysis. Use the same tools to evaluate individual stocks within a performing sector - top-down investing.You should spend one hour or two a month to determine which sector to rotate to or move your portfolio to cash when the market is risky. The "Buy and hold" strategy does not perform since 2000.Subscription services. There are many. Even if you subscribe these services, you should read this book to evaluate their services and use this book as a second opinion. When your portfolio is over $100,000, $100 for a yearly subscription should pay itself in the long run.Market timing by calendar and presidential cycle.My recent experiences in sector trading. Be careful on many books on this topic were written by professors who may never make a buck in the stock market. Some "best" sellers were written more than 10 years ago that do not have today's basic tools such as technical analysis and bear any resemblance to today's market, which can be manipulated by institutional investors.Most large companies today are global companies. The importance in investing foreign companies to diversify is less important than before.When China expands, natural resource-rich countries would most likely benefit.Most similar books have one strategy and this book has 21 strategies. You can combine the strategies such as market timing with last month's best-performed sector.Besides industrial sectors, I include bonds, contra ETFs, sector mutual funds, countries, commodities, etc. Today, most sectors are covered by ETFs. For example, you do not need to buy gold coins to invest in that sector but the ETF GLD.I am not a writer but a retail investor similar to most of my readers. I've been making a comfortable living via my investment ideas that I'm sharing in this book.This book is based on my book "Sector Rotation: 21 Strategies"Last Update: 01/2021. Size: 340 pages (6*9)