Is Buy and Hold Finished? Read What Hulbert Says About Market Timing

Market Timing versus Buy and Hold Investing; The Gloves are Off

Is it wrong to delight in “proof” that my investing practice and writings are correct?

Mark Hulbert, long time author of the Hulbert Financial Digest and Wall Street Journal (WSJ) columnist asked, “Can Market Timers Beat the Index?” in the July 20, 2013 week end edition of the Journal. He answered this frequently attempted practice with raw data!

Who is Mark Hulbert?

First, some background on Mark Hulbert. He empiricallly evalua...