“The major index ETFs opened lower and then sold off a bit more in the opening minutes. Within the first fifteen minutes they hit their intraday low and began slogging higher. The Dow wouldn’t break into positive territory until the final half hour of trading. For the S&P-500 and the Russell-2000 they would flirt with positive territory but would not establish a position there until the final hour of trading and, along with all the other major indexes, experience a surge higher in the final half hour of trading…”
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Mark McMillan entered the world of finance to solve the problem of why and more importantly when the markets will go up and down. He developed a behavioral model to understand what is really happening in the markets and uses it to time the markets. He also uses fundamental research to determine valuations for companies. He combines the behavioral and value strategies along with macro-economic analysis to build a portfolio with both long term and tactical positions.
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