Jay Leavitt PhD
BS, MS, PhD, Fulbright Scholar, Assoc. Prof.
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- Investing, Applied Mathematics
For the past few years I have served as an analyst to a hedge fund. I’m also a popular speaker at a local investment club. Generally, my presentations relate to money management. As an analyst I have developed market timers and evaluated various money management ideas. My objective has been to develop trading tools that will minimize draw-down and still yield good profits.
Years ago, before there was windows, I created and maintained the Cornucopia of Disability Information which was accessed over a precursor to the current Internet. This site was once featured in an early version of Computing for Dummies.
After earning my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, I spent a year at the University of Pisa, Italy on a Fulbright scholarship. Subsequently, I earned tenure and promotion at the University of Minnesota where I helped create their Department of Computing. Later, I became Director of Academic Computing at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
I have been on several boards of directors: Dept. of Rehabilitation, SUNY Buffalo; Aztech Corporation; SKY Catcher, Inc.; Cornell National Center for Supercomputing.
For many years, I served as an advocate for the disabled. I was appointed to multiple commissions by the Governor of NY. One year I acted as President of the NYS Coalition of Persons with Disabilities.
Over the years I have published in many obscure areas: supersonic flow are shock waves; torsion; chronobiology; author identification in linguistics,alliteration in poetry,...
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Building a Safe Simple Winning Investment Strategy using Market Timing, Money Management and a Little Bit More
Imagine being able to profitably trade the market, both when it’s rising and falling – and without employing options or shorting. Imagine beating most investment managers and mutual funds. Imagine doing this by simply following the S&P 500 index. This article will show you how I do this with Market Timing, Money Management and just a Little Bit More. These strategies, as described, are permissible in Individual Retirement Accounts [IRAs].}r
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A Revolution in Pairs Trading
During the 1980s, a group of analysts working for Morgan Stanley struck gold with a new strategy called pairs trading. The goal is to match two highly correlated equities, trading one off against the other. When their prices diverge, the trade is entered. If the pair reverts to its mean trend, a profit is made on one or both of the positions. (Financial institutions have kept this strategy away from the vast investor public.)
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What Are Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
What are Exchange Traded Funds? Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) are cousins of mutual funds. They correspond to baskets of stock that are bought and sold like stocks. Generally, there is a one day delay after a sell order is placed on a mutual fund; ETF sell orders are executed immediately during hours. During a market crash this difference could be significant. There are other advantages. Except for brokerage fees for trading ETFs, there are none of the maintenance fees associated with mutual funds. Also, there are no loads [penalties] associated with opening a mutual fund account.r
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Is it Possible to Invest Safely Without Stop-loss Orders?
We are told by the pros that stop-loss orders are the means to shelter profits. Yes, placing stop-loss orders right after you have opened a new position is good advice. However, stop-loss orders are not a solution. They are about as practical as swatting flies with a sledge hammer. Here is a list of some of the problems with stop-loss orders:
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ETF Trading System Designed for Emerging Markets
Trading Emerging Markets can be a tribulation. Each trading analysis system I had tested was a dreadful failure. I could not eke out any gains without experiencing unacceptable draw downs. On account of the volatility of the emerging markets, represented by the ETF named EEM, the draw downs were much too large for any sane human to trade.
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I've traded stocks since I was a teenager and have gained and lost more tha I care to mention. Years ago, a friend asked me to develop a computerized trading system for him. He provided me with the necessary software, dozens of books and hundreds of articles. Once I mastered the software, I decided to test many of ideas presented in the media. I discovered, to my dismay, that most of the evidence to substantiate these ideas was largely anecdotal. None of the trading strategies could stand up over time! This made me a cynical analyst. Many of my trading methods are contrary to accepted investing practices.