20090211 Timer Commentary

It has been several months since we have done any blogging, but we may publish several blog entries in rapid succession due to both the recent market action and the recent performance of the models. We may go back and tweak the next several blog entries over the next few weeks and then combine it into one or more refined FAQS articles, but time is of the essence for now.

The Steady Climbing models have really been having a hot hand recently, and an increase in new subscribers and new questions have appeared.

There are reinforcing statements throughout this website that refer to caution and technique. The Terms & Conditions of this site packs plenty of those legalistic caveats together. There are other comments relating to diversification across strategies and dollar-cost averaging into a timing system. Nobody has been sending us complaints about the service results, but it bears repeating.

While our recent performance has been doing exceedingly well, and we would like to eternally have this euphoric experience, honesty is more important than conceit. We want to review our performance in context to improve your understanding of investing with any market timing systems.

The Climber model is the flagship model for Steady Climbing. To put some general perspective around model characteristics, the Climber would be the show horse and the Mountaineer would be the workhorse. This pair of models has similar long-term returns, but the Climber can be more volatile.

The vast majority of our personal investments are invested using our models – specifically the Climber model. This keeps us very attentive to its behavior.

(see next Blog entry)