The relative performance of Saltydog groups

Posted on 5 May 2011 by Douglas Chadwick

You may have noticed in the last few weeks that in the Full Steam ahead Emerging Group the sector Asia Pacific has swept the floor with the other sectors in the group. Normally this is a cause for celebration. You can for once see a clear direction to take your investment. However wait a minute. Look at the four and twelve week return. Not so hot. In fact it is not as good as the return you can be getting in the Steady as she Goes group, and this group is normally less volatile. So why take the extra risk?

I am sure you will all have written your pie charts reflecting the percentage you wish to invest within each of the Saltydog groups. Which serious investor would have not completed this exercise. Well with the above circumstances it is time to reduce the risk element of your investment without reducing your return. The Saltydog newsletter shows three pie charts with different risk approaches. It is worth watching these pie charts because Saltydog has written algorithms which automatically make a calculation to compare the relative performances between each of the groups. Then it reallocates the percentages and the newsletter shows the results. Well I never.