However, exposing yourself to more risk than you're comfortable with is a great way to ensure that you'll lock in your losses when
the market zags instead of zigs.
Those with a beta of 0 tend to move independently of the market, while stocks with negative betas tend to zig when
the market zags.
Not exact matches
Many investors are «Dow - obsessed,» following with trance - like concentration every zig and
zag of that particular
market average.
Market observers continue to tout the «divergence» narrative — that the U.S. zigged when Europe
zagged — but I find this perception to be increasingly out of synch with what actually happened.
Public perception artificially inflates lines and sharp bettors can capitalize on these
market overreactions by zigging when the public
zags.
I love this bell - sleeve cardigan for hanging around the house, or this cool zig
zag roll neck sweater with boyfriend jeans for running to the flea
market.
The BMO Discount Bond (ZDB), launched in February, is similar to traditional broad -
market bond ETFs, such as the iShares Canadian Universe Bond (XBB), the Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond (VAB) and the BMO Aggregate Bond (
ZAG).
The stock
market zigs,
zags, booms, and busts.
Ideally, when the U.S. stock
market zigs, your foreign holdings would
zag, offering more stability overall than a portfolio comprised solely of domestic stocks.
Depending on the
market environment, one factor may zig while the others
zag.
The vision of a contrarian is now infused into my business instincts and often I'm zigging well before the rest of the
market has even thought to
zag.
(Morningstar.com: Apr 26, 2011) Morningstar's Samuel Lee provides an analysis of ProShares RAFI Long / Short (RALS), calling the fund «a compelling diversifier» that will «zig when the
markets are
zagging.»
So that's 40 % in the BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (
ZAG), and 20 % each in the iShares Core S&P / TSX Composite Index ETF (XIC), iShares MSCI EAFE IMI Index Fund (XEF), and the Vanguard Total U.S.
Market (VUN).
ZAG, which tracks the broad Canadian bond
market might be equivalent to the iShares CDN Bond Index Fund (XBB) but it fills a huge gap in BMO's existing ETFs that track broad
markets.
As a result the iShares DEX Universe Bond (XBB), the BMO Aggregate Bond (
ZAG) and the Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond (VAB), all which have an average term of about 10 years, saw their
market prices fall significantly during the month:
In fixed - income, iShares» XBB, Claymore's CAB and BMO's
ZAG all cover the broad Canadian bond
market.
RCUB is a broad -
market fund that should be similar to competitors such as XBB, VAB and
ZAG.
In any given year, different stock
markets or different asset classes will zig while others
zag.
However, what is certain is that not all investments perform the same way under the same
market conditions; some zig while others
zag.
Mordy adds the caveat that ZDB may expose investors to more corporate issuer risk than a broad
market bond ETF like BMO Aggregate Bond Index (
ZAG).
Additionally, the periodic zig -
zag and risk - on risk - off nature of the
markets in the past couple of years has proved difficult to manoeuvre, which has also tended to clip managers» wings.
Japanese candlestick analysis points that even zig
zag activity would increase volatility, and that the lateral sideways
market could stand at the present level and eventually move up, breaking the big resistance of $ 820.
Then, the
market zigged (PC's) while we
zagged (large client - server networks using our proprietary OS and networking software).
And speaking of that zig -
zag fabric, another fabulous blog friend used some more of it to create slipcovers for an ottoman and a couple of flea
market - found armchairs on the other side of the room...