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    • The Defensive Investor

    Welcome to the “The Defensive Investor.” Like most investors, you’ve probably been burned by the stock market. Well, I’ve been investing for over 25 years and I used the experience I gained in 1987 to get through 2000-2002 with only small losses and in 2008, I beat the market by over 20 percentage points. I’ve done better than the market in 6 of the past 11 years, beating the market decisively over that period of time, and I’ve done it with a conservative method that keeps me largely invested in up-trending markets and mostly out of down-trending markets. My strategy is primarily defensive. I hate to lose money, and I refuse to lose big money. read more

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    • Still Up

      No reason to consider the current uptrend derailed by Friday’s mixed

    • Decent Week

      The week was up modestly and I was up as well. No changes in the portfolio for

    • Still Up

      Another up day. Hard to believe this is going to continue, but I don’t