Sizemore Capital is making a strategic allocation shift for all ETF portfolios with U.S. large cap exposure.  This affects the Tactical ETF Portfolio and the Strategic Growth Allocation. To be consistent with Sizemore Capital’s focus on dividend growth, we are eliminating our long-term positions in the iShares S&P 500 Index (NYSE:$IVV) and replacing them with...Read More

Investing is not all that different from choosing a spouse.  At some point in every man’s life, he has to make a choice.  Does he go for the alluring but volatile young vixen who will ultimately put him in an early grave, or does he take the more rational course of action and choose a...Read More

Switzerland will always have a special place in the hearts of doom mongers.   For decades its franc has been the “go to” safe haven currency when the world got dicey.   The meticulous Swiss gnomes have always had a well-deserved reputation as prudent stewards of wealth—and a well-deserved reputation for discretion and privacy.  And importantly, their...Read More

With volatility erupting out of Europe again, investors are left to wonder: Is this an opportunity to buy at attractive prices all of those great stocks that “got away from you” in the first quarter run-up, or is it portent of nasty things to come? It would appear to be a little of both. Even...Read More

Last week, I announced to the world what a momentously bad investment I had just made (see “I just made a horrible investment”). Yes, dear reader, I was dragged kicking and screaming against my will into homeownership by my wife and two-year-old son.  My days of enjoying my Saturday mornings as an urban yuppy, drinking...Read More