2. The fund measures its success based on the absolute level of
profitability and not “relative” performance vs. the market
Invests both long and short to capture profits in both rising
and falling markets
Low volatility/beta (currently @ .14)
Low correlation to the broad market
3. Global Macro Strategy
Ability
to trade multiple instruments in asset classes around
the world at any time
Employs proven indicators of Point & Figure Charting and
Relative Strength
Employs objective technical analysis in conjunction with
fundamental research
Our strategy works because we limit risk and adhere to
a clear trading plan
4. Cash US Stocks Fixed Income
Int’l Stocks Currencies Commodities
5. 1. Not lose money
2. 15 + percent annual returns over the next decade
3. Continuous improvement by analyzing mistakes
4. Gain partners who share our philosophy of
uncompromising risk management & enjoy experience
6. Active trading around core investments
Defines & limits downside risk by investing in uncorrelated pure alpha streams
("Alpha" in investing language is the return you achieve based on manager skill)
Invests in a core positions ranging from foreign bonds to currencies to
commodities to global stocks
Invests in subsidiary holdings at the periphery of the core to enhance returns
Executes this dual complex strategy by constantly analyzing fifteen or more asset
classes and simultaneously placing 30 or more trades
Invests in only the most liquid markets that it can get out of quickly if necessary
Portfolio construction process identifies what each position could add in terms of
overall risk to the portfolio
8. The “buy-and-hold” myth:
Buy the “Market” in 1929…
It took 25 years to get back to even
Buy it in 1973…
It took 7.6 years to get back to even
Starting in 1987 IBM went down 74%...
It took 10 years to recover
Cisco Systems (CSCO) was as high as $82 in 2000…
It has yet to recover
9. Market and sector forces together typically
cause 80% of the price movement in a
Market stock. That means the company
fundamentals usually account for less
than 20% of a stock’s price movement.
This is the reason a company’s stock
price sometimes seems to move
Sector
Stock
independently of the fundamentals.
Source: “The Latent Statistical Structure of Securities Price Changes”
Benjamin F. King
10. Most people, however, spend 80% of
their time on stock evaluation and only
Stock
20% on sector and market evaluation.
In other words, they ignore where the
greatest amount of risk lies – the
market and sector forces.
Market
Source: “The Latent Statistical Structure of Securities Price Changes”
Benjamin F. King
Sector
11. What is Fundamental Analysis? What is Technical Analysis?
1. What to Buy 1. When to Buy
2. Company Management 2. Positive Trends
3. Earnings Growth 3. Relative Strength
4. Price/Earnings Value 4. Broad Market Risk
5. New Products 5. When to Sell
12. GROWTH SCREEN
The Investors Business Daily (IBD) 85-85 Index Screen
IBD provides independent data ratings for every U.S. stock, including an Earnings Per Share (EPS) Rating and
a Relative Strength (RS) Rating.
Their research shows that in every market over the last 50 years, the best stocks have had EPS and RS Ratings
of 85 or better BEFORE they made their biggest gains.
The consistently superior performance of the IBD 85-85 Index reinforces this fact and is why we incorporate
this screen as one of our primary tools:
From the total period 11/13/2000 to 2/28/2013, the IBD 85-85 returned 274%,
while the S&P 500 Index returned 12%
Note: IBD's ratings are relative, with an 85 rating meaning the stock is outperforming 85% of all stocks in it's
peer group. The Index is updated after the market close each Thursday. At that time, stocks no longer
meeting the 85-85 criteria are removed, stocks now meeting the criteria are added, and those maintaining
their ratings remain in the Index.
13. VALUE SCREEN
The Buffett/Graham Screen
This screen identifies companies with high quality business at undervalued prices
1. Stock price is less than the net current asset value of the company
2. During the past 12 months, the company generated positive operating cash flow
3. The company has no meaningful debt compared to its cash position
From back testing study 1998-2012, this group had an annual gain of 20%
while the S&P 500 index averaged 2% a year.
14. Fundamental research tells us what ought to happen with a stock, while technical
analysis tells us what is happening with respect to supply and demand
Technical analysis, and in particular “Point & Figure” technical analysis, gives us
the discipline to make decisions based on price
This logical approach helps reduce uncertainty in the market. It allows us to
recognize market risk and therefore:
Move to cash/short assets when market indicators dictate that supply is in control
Invest long and more aggressively when demand is in control
The ability to perceive and manage risk, and thereby preserve our investors’
capital, is our primary objective at Winchester Bluff
15. We all understand the basic
forces of supply & demand
The same forces that affect
prices in the supermarket also
affect prices in the stock market
Stocks, sectors, and asset
classes move in and out of
favor just like produce at
the supermarket
16. Point & Figure Basics
Prices represented by X’s and O’s
Alternate columns of X’s and O’s
as the price changes
X’s = Price is rising
O’s = Price is falling
Trend-line shows strength or weakness
Chart Source: www.dorseywright.com
17. 23 X <- Demand
22 X X X X X wins
21 X O X O X O X O X
20 X X O X O X O X O X
X O X O O X O X O
19 X O X O X O
X O X O
18 X O Notice that supply and demand
X battled it out for a full year
17 X until demand won at $23
0 <- Year 0
0 1
18.
19.
20. 45 O
O X X
O X O X O X X
O X O X O X O X O
O X O O X O X O
40 O X O X O O
O O O
B S
X X X
X O X O X X
35 X O X X O X O X
X O X O X O X O X
X O X O X O O
X O O
X
30
Stock A Stock B
21. Now that you understand
Point & Figure charting
basics, we can move on to
our most important
indicator, the NYSE
Bullish Percent.
22. Our Primary Market Indicator
Tells us whether to have the offense or defense on the field
It is calculated by taking the number of stocks in the NYSE
on a buy signal, and dividing by the total number of stocks
in the NYSE, resulting in a percentage
For example, if there were only 1,000 stocks on the NYSE
and 500 were on buy signals, the resulting NYSE Bullish
Percent would be 50%, which is then plotted on a Point &
Figure chart.
23. • X’s = Offense – Wealth Accumulation
• O’s = Defense – Wealth Preservation
• Two Important Areas: 30% and 70%
• Measures Risk in the Market
• Does not have to move in tandem with
the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones.
24. One of the most important considerations when
investing is determining whether to take an offensive
or defensive posture
When offense is suggested we employ the fund's assets
by making stock purchases
When defense is suggested we work to protect existing
positions and take advantage of shorting ideas
25. Buy Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Buy stocks on breakouts
Buy leaders
Consider deep value plays
Employ liberal stop loss points
Buy Offensive sectors (BP & X’s)
Focus on strong technical stocks
Buy on pullbacks
Use trend-line stops
Focus on strong relative strength
Buy Call Options
26. Trim or take profits
Short equities
Reduce equity exposure
Raise cash
Sell weak RS stocks
Buy Inverse funds
Buy protective puts
Tighten stops on long positions
Increase non-correlated exposure
28. Over the past 30 years:
The average stock mutual fund has returned 10.7%
The average investor has returned only 3.7%
The difference can be attributed to investors making
emotional decisions
For Example…
29. DECISION INPUT
WB Process
Decisions are clear-cut
Emotion-based Investing
Input comes from many sources and leads to second-guessing
AT DECISION TIME
WB Process
Portfolio construction based on a set of rules
Emotion-based Investing
There are no rules
30. COMFORT LEVEL
WB Process
Investments are easily reevaluated as indicators change
Emotion-based Investing
Decisions put off due to difficulty
EMOTIONS
WB Process
Emotions are not a part of decision-making
Emotion-based Investing
Emotions cause errors that can have disastrous effect
31. REACTING TO NEWS/MEDIA
WB Process
No effect - we stick to an organized plan.
Emotion-based Investing
The news causes most investors to panic
PEACE OF MIND
WB Process
A lot
Emotion-based Investing
None
32. Independent
Statistics Fundamental
Web-Based Research
Technology Asset
85-85 Evaluation
Screen Asset
Value Inventory
Screen
Investment
Market Decision
Risk Technical
Sector Research
Risk Portfolio Risk
Analysis
Relative
Strength Trend
Chart Lines
Patterns
33. Stock: Date:
Sector:
Positive (Y) Negative (N) Comments
Market BP
Sector BP
Value Screen
Growth Screen
Trend
Pattern
Consistent with current DALI
Favored Sector
Technical Attributes
Stop Loss %
Sell Analysis:
1/3 when up 30%
1/3 when up 50%
When broke trend line
When Relative Strength changed
When dropped back to first 1/3 sell
When nothing happening 1+ month
How did stock perform after sale
34. 10-year average annual
return goal: 15%
Investment Process
& $100M AUM
Risk management
Fund launch
36. What is most important is seeing that your money manager
has a coherent process. PROCESS is the key.
Does the concept make sense? Is it robust? Is the organization
committed to its discipline? Is risk managed during the
inevitable downturns?
Over long stretches of time, having a strong process and good
discipline makes all the difference.
Identifying good managers is a tough decision. Of course, we
hope that your choice of a manager will be Winchester Bluff.
The path to good returns is simple: find a manager whose
process you are comfortable with and hang on through thick
and thin.
Notas do Editor
The next two legs of our stool are an evaluation of different types of investments. At some times Fixed Income is the place to be, sometimes, it is international equities, other times US stocks, and there are times that commodities or foreign currencies are the place to be. A solid investment strategy will evaluate all of these asset classes to determine what is the strongest and should be represented, and just as importantly, what deserves no representation in your portfolio. And with the advent of the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market, all of these asset classes are available to investors just like buying IBM.
You’ll notice in these previous charts that they were all financial related issues. When we look at the causes of price movement in any individual stock, the market and the sector together on average cause 80% of the price movement in a stock. That means the company fundamentals usually account for less than 20% of a stock’s price movement. This is the reason a company’s stock price sometimes seems to move independently of the fundamentals!
Most people, however, spend 80% of their time on stock evaluation and only 20% on sector and market evaluation. In other words, they ignore where the greatest amount of risk lies – the market and sector forces. Because most of the risk in any stock is in the market and the sector, I structure my game plan from a top down approach. My success ratio in stock selection is going to be limited until I define risk in the broad market first. Source: “The Latent Statistical Structure of Securities Price Changes” by Benjamin F. King
Basically, there are two types of securities analysis – fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is what most of us are familiar with. When you see an analyst on television or read comments from an analyst in a magazine or news story, most often these comments come from fundamental analysts. A fundamental analyst tries to answer the question “What” to buy. She will study the company’s balance sheet, evaluate the management team, try to understand the quality of the company’s earnings. A technical analyst tries to answer the question “When” to buy and just as importantly, “When” to sell. A technical analyst wants to find the trend of a chart – is it trending up or trending down. Is the stock outperforming the broad market? How high, or in some cases, how low can the stock go?Unfortunately, there are very few on Wall Street who effectively combine the fundamentals with the technicals. In a sense, they’re playing the piano with only one had. While that may be a way to play a simple melody, you can play much better music if you play the piano with both hands. In fact, our game plan is grounded in this philosophy of combining the fundamentals with the technicals, or playing the piano with both hands.
We all understand the basic law of supply and demand; we have all experienced these forces at the supermarket. We know why in the winter tomatoes don’t taste very good, don’t have a very long shelf live, and are expensive. We inherently understand why there are lemonade stands in the summer and hot chocolate stands in the winter. Stocks, sectors and asset classes move in and out of favor just like produce in the supermarket.
This is a modern day Point & Figure chart of Deere. The numbers have moved to the vertical axis and the prices have been replaced with X’s and O’s. X’s represent demand O’s represent supply. You’ll notice that from September 2008 to December 2008, the stock was making lower X’s and lower O’s meaning that demand was getting weaker and supply was getting stronger. That started to change in December. Now we see that Deere is showing demand getting stronger by the X’s going higher and supply getting weaker by the O’s not pulling back as far each time. You’ll also notice two lines – red and blue. The Blue line is called the Bearish Resistance Line or I like to refer to it as I-95 South. As long as the stock is below the blue line, it’s “trend” is negative. Conversely, the red line is the Bullish Support Line or I-95 North. As long as the stock is above the red line, it’s “trend” is positive and I consider it a solid citizen.
The NYSE Bullish Percent Indicator, whose history goes back to 1955, is merely a measure of the percent of stocks being controlled by demand. At the end of everyday we go through all stocks on the NYSE and put them in two piles – the Double Top or Buy Pile and the Double Bottom or Sell Pile. Once that is completed, then we get a percentage reading of the percent of stocks on a Double Top or controlled by demand and plot that percentage on a grid which goes from 0% to 100%. When this indicator is in X’s it is rising and telling us that stocks are coming from the supply pile into the demand pile. Conversely, if the stock is falling and in O’s then it tells us that more stocks are moving from the buy pile into the sell pile and supply is gaining the upper hand. We look at this chart as one of our main coaches telling us whether the offensive team is on the field or the defensive team is on the field. When the chart is in X’s the offensive team is on the field and we look to wealth accumulation strategies. When the chart is in a column of O’s, the defensive team is on the field and we look to wealth preservation strategies for the portfolio. There are two lines of demarcation letting us know our field position and the types of plays we should run. When this indicator gets down to the 30% level or lower it is in oversold territory and this is when the news media will be particularly negative. But remember, the markets look ahead 6 to 18 months. News headlines tell us what has happened. Conversely, the 70% level or higher is high risk. The availability of demand to push the market higher is severely limited. Typically this indicator gets to these extremes only once every 3 to 4 years. While 2008 was very active on this chart, it was just a reflection of the overall market volatility and on average this chart only changes 2.5 times a year from offensive to defense and vice versa.There is one warning I must give you about this indicator and that is it will not necessarily move like the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones. Both of these indices give more votes to certain stocks either based upon how big the company is, capitalization in the case of the SPX, or price, as is the case with the DJIA. In the NYSE Bullish Percent, all stocks are created equal much like your portfolio is put together. That is why I find it a much better indicator to watch than the often quoted indices. You’ll never see this indicator quoted on CNBC.