“The major index ETFs opened mixed and then moved in split fashion. The Dow began to move almost immediately lower while the NASDAQ-100 and Semiconductors moved almost immediately higher. The S&P-500 moved sideways to moderately higher and the Russell-2000 aligned with it. Within the first hour, all the indexes had rolled over and began to dive. It wasn’t until late morning that the slide abated and the bulls crawled out from their hiding places and began to buy…”
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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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