Houston Investors Association

“Hedging your portfolio for Inflation/Deflation with ETFs” We look at how inflation and deflation affect assets and look for investible ETFs that might provide some defense. Click to view or download the PowerPoint file

“Some things that might work” We’ll take a look at the CXO Advisory service web site (http://cxoadvisory.com/blog/), a gold mine of “Objective research and reviews to aid investing decision”. The folks at CXO offer informative and quantitative reviews of a mindboggling range of investment strategies. This week we look at a few strategies that seem [...]

“I Know a Hundred Things that Don’t Work” We’ll take a look at the CXO Advisory service web site (http://cxoadvisory.com/blog/), a gold mine of “Objective research and reviews to aid investing decision”. The folks at CXO offer informative and quantitative reviews of a mindboggling range of investment strategies. And a few of them actually seem [...]

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Getting Started SIG (Download available on the Getting Started web site)

Houston Investors Association SIG Agenda July 11, 2009 see also main meeting 8:30 AM ————————————————————————— Room 150 Stock Market SIG: SIG Leader: Al Robison Al Robison will lead a discussion of the current state of the market, which looks like it might be close to at least a short term top. Are there any stocks [...]

The following SIG presentations are available for downloading or viewing in your browser: Gettting Started SIG: “The Ivy Portfolio“

(You may also read this notice on the web at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=456) (See also main Meeting Notice at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=452) (Please note that room numbers are uncertain at this time. All SIGs will meet in the various rooms in Melcher Hall). Houston Investors Association SIG Agenda June 13 2009

Here is the PowerPoint presentation file from the GettingStarted SIG 9 May. The topic was: Buy and Hope – Can we do better? We will continue looking at simple (and not-so-simple) timing strategies.  The prudent investor is conventionally advised to hold a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, periodically rebalancing to fixed asset allocations, and [...]

(You may also read this notice on the web at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=378) (See also main Meeting Notice at http://houstoninvestors.com/wp/?p=49) Note: This month only the room assignments are different due to U of H conflicts. Changes noted in red below. Houston Investors Association SIG Agenda May 9 2009