Monthly Archives: November 2014

ISM Manufacturing Index: October 2014 Preview

The ISM Manufacturing Index is expected to remain unchanged at 56.6 in tomorrow’s update for October vs. the previous month, based on The Capital Spectator’s median econometric point forecast. The estimate is still well above the neutral 50.0 mark and so the current outlook remains firmly in growth territory for this benchmark of economic activity in the US manufacturing sector.
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Book Bits | 1 November 2014

Dual Momentum Investing:
An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk

By Gary Antonacci
Review via Alpha Architect
If there is such a thing as a momentum investing “guru,” Gary Antonacci is that guru. He’s run the blog optimalmomentum.blogspot.com for a number of years, and has now published a book, “Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk”, that synthesizes his wide experience in momentum investing into a single approach, and makes it available to the investing public.
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