At "A Dash" we have avoided taking an advocacy position on the proposal popularly known as a bailout or The Paulson Plan. Unlike many other investment bloggers, we have described positions in real time, including plenty of hedges over the...
Topics: bailout, Congress, Government, individual investors, markets, Media Role, Paulson, political leadership. compromise, Reviewing Pundits, trading

Looking at the universe of sectors normally provides a good picture of the overall stock market. Sometimes there is an event so important that nearly every sector moves with the market. This is unusual. More often there is always a...
Topics: bailout, credit markets, DOG, ETF, Government, individual investors, PSQ, SH, TCA System, trading

The proposal formerly known as the Paulson Plan is in trouble.We have suggested that new policies are difficult to pass, especially in a short time frame. The market incorrectly responds to any apparent agreement between some of the parties, thinking...
Topics: bailout, Congress, Government, Individual Investors, Markets, paulson, Trading

Sometimes people will make a mistake in one setting when they would never do so in another. Try these two statements about this weekend's football games. Both are true. The Cowboys have never beaten the Packers at Lambeau Field. What...
Topics: Individual Investors, Interpreting Data, investing and probability, statistical fallacies

In volatile and declining markets, many investment managers decide to play defense. Our TCA-ETF model uses a combination of technical factors to capture Trends and Cycles with a touch of Anticipation. It is also a good guide to market fundamentals....
Topics: Dividends, DVY, PEY, TCA System, yield