Markets have started the month weak. We got spoiled last year. After such an abnormally long period of market calm, it’s natural for investors to feel a little anxious. We have no opinion on where the markets go from here. That’s why we’re quantitative traders. We put a lot of time into understanding these models so […]
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Tactical Asset Allocation in January
This is a summary of the recent performance of a wide range of excellent tactical asset allocation strategies. These strategies are sourced from books, academic papers, and other publications. While we don’t (yet) include every published TAA model, these strategies are broadly representative of the TAA space. Learn more about what we do or let AllocateSmartly […]
Why You Need Independent Verification of Strategy Results
Our site serves a lot of purposes for tactical asset allocation (TAA) investors: curating the best published strategies, testing those strategies with superior historical data, providing the ability to combine strategies into custom portfolios, and tracking even the most complex strategies in near real-time. But maybe the most important function we serve is simply independent verification […]
Tactical Asset Allocation in December
Blogging was light in December. We spent the month working on the launch of a new fintech project that many of our readers will be excited about. We’ll be sharing details in the coming month and getting back to our regular blogging and site development schedule. — Allocate Smartly This is a summary of the recent […]
Tactical Asset Allocation in November
This is a summary of the recent performance of a wide range of excellent tactical asset allocation strategies. These strategies are sourced from books, academic papers, and other publications. While we don’t (yet) include every published TAA model, these strategies are broadly representative of the TAA space. Learn more about what we do or let AllocateSmartly […]
Sector Rotation with Fama-French Alphas
Allocate Smartly tests and tracks asset allocation strategies sourced from books, academic papers and other publications. Most of the strategies that we test though never make it on to this site. There are a variety of reasons that might be, but often it’s simply because they’re not very good. Usually we just let those strategies […]
Timing TAA Strategies Based on Relative Strength: A Suboptimal Approach
We track a wide range of tactical asset allocation strategies in near real-time (41 and counting), which members can combine into their own custom portfolios. We provide members with a wealth of data to understand how each strategy fits into a coherent trading plan, but we don’t tell members the absolute “best” ones to trade […]
Tactical Asset Allocation in October
This is a summary of the recent performance of a wide range of excellent tactical asset allocation strategies. These strategies are sourced from books, academic papers, and other publications. While we don’t (yet) include every published TAA model, these strategies are broadly representative of the TAA space. Learn more about what we do or let AllocateSmartly […]
We’re Looking for Feedback on Memberships Tailored to Industry Professionals
A big percentage of our members are industry professionals (investment advisors, financial planners, etc.), presumably using our platform behind the scenes to assist in advising clients. We’re quant finance geeks at heart, and we built this site from that perspective (just the facts ma’am), but we want to make sure that our platform is also […]
Meta Strategy: A Smart Approach to Combining TAA Strategies
We’re very excited for the launch of an awesome new feature for our members: Meta Strategy. We track a wide range of published tactical asset allocation strategies in near real-time (40 and counting), which members can then combine into their own custom portfolios. Our platform helps members better understand how each strategy fits into a […]