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Portfolio Trade: Further Reducing Stock Exposure In Response To Deteriorating Market Internals

August 24, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Today I reduced my equity exposure in my investment portfolio. This continues a process of reducing risk and upgrading the quality of my portfolio as market conditions have deteriorated over the past few months. … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Trade: Eliminating Oil Futures Position

August 13, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

This morning I eliminated my oil futures position that I initially established in May. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Investing, Portfolio Insights Tagged With: oil, portfolio change, portfolio trades

Portfolio Trade: Increasing MLPs, Reducing Equity Exposure

August 10, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

This morning I reduced my U.S. and emerging markets stocks exposure and invested the proceeds in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Trade: Increasing Oil Futures Exposure

July 7, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Today I entered into a trade and bought (went long) the December 2015 Crude Oil e-mini futures contracts at $53.65. This adds to the oil futures position I established in May. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Investing, Portfolio Insights Tagged With: oil, portfolio trades

Portfolio Change: Increasing MLP Exposure

June 30, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

I increased my exposure to master limited partnerships today by adding to my position in the Kayne Anderson MLP Fund (KYN). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Investing, Portfolio Insights Tagged With: master limited partnerships, MLPs, portfolio trades

Portfolio Change: Adding Oil Futures Exposures

May 18, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Today I entered into a trade and bought (went long) oil futures. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Investing, Portfolio Insights Tagged With: portfolio trades

Portfolio Change: Taking Profits In Finland

May 4, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Due to less favorable valuations and weakening trend data, I eliminated my stock exposure in Finland. … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Change: Reallocating Proceeds and Profits from China

April 30, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Two weeks ago I reduced my exposure to China equities. Today I reinvested a portion of those proceeds. … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Change: Taking Profits In China

April 17, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

Today, I took profits in a portion of my China equity holdings. … [Read more...]

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Portfolio Change: Increasing Equity Exposure

March 17, 2015 by David Stein · Updated June 23, 2020

This week I increased my stock exposure as evidence continues to mount that the world is in the early to mid stages of a secular bull market. … [Read more...]

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