December’s update The R script does not work anymore! It turns out that Yahoo has disabled URL “charts.yahoo.com”. However, “icharts.finance.yahoo.com” works fine. The problem is that the URL is hard coded into quantmod package. The quick solution is to check-out latest code and build the package from source. The alternative is to wait until CRAN includes quantmod with the fix applied. Here’s how I fixed the problem: # check-out latest quantmod code using subversion $ svn checkout svn://svn. [Read More]

Novembers’s update** As of **“2013-11-30” VBK VBR VTV 16.93042 16.68999 14.38888 Last month’s VEA’s position has been taken by VTV. We avoid investing if price is below 10 month SMA. Running through 10-month SMA check we get: VBK VBR VTV TRUE TRUE TRUE This means portfolio should be fully invested in VBK, VBR, VTV. As of **“2013-11-30” symbol 1 3 6 12 avg VBK 2.3614663 11.351201 15.5519199 38.4571033 16.93042264 VBR 2. [Read More]

Investments are a cornerstone for building passive income, increasing wealth and eventually reaching financial independence. I have passion for learning how the investment world functions and what are the different trading strategies. For the past 4 years I have mostly relied on low-cost index investments and company stock in distressed industries. In addition, I have had lots of interest towards quantitative strategies. A couple of months ago I have faced a possibility of a major change in life so I have liquidated every investment into cash in preparation for it. [Read More]