In DIY Portfolio Management ^© you will discover:

• You are smart enough, managing your portfolio takes discipline over intellect.
• You have enough time, managing your portfolio doesn't have to take a lot of time and can be an interesting, rewarding way to spend your time.
• Managing your portfolio requires both a system that works and the discipline to follow it.
• Popular authors have documented trader results showing some people, some systems beat market averages.
• Recent academic research shows both trend following and reversion systems can beat market averages.
• Trend Regression Portfolio Strategy is a strategy that works.
• The three components of Trend Regression Portfolio Strategy are Equity Selection, Entries and Exits, and Market Timing.
• Getting really rich, really fast is not impossible, but improbable.
• Making yourself financially independent slowly is highly probable, if you stick to a system that works.
• Your portfolio returns will be proportional to your creativity in developing strategies, care in testing strategies, and discipline in implementing strategies.
• Backtesting and paper trading are valuable tools for serious investors, and the free Excel Portfolio Tracker helps track paper trading results.
• Reading, backtesting and paper trading can all accelerate learning without risking your nest egg.

Funded Trend Regression Portfolio Strategy accounts grew 12% from 4/2/01 to 1/31/03. During this period the S&P 500 tracking stock SPY declined 25%, and NASDAQ 100 tracking stock QQQ declined 35%. Maximum drawdown was 27% for Trend Regression Portfolio Strategy, 37% for SPY, and 58% for QQQ. Trend Regression Portfolio Strategy has higher return and lower risk than buying and holding index tracking stocks reflecting the US equity market.

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