ETF Investing Strategies: Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average Week 25

Another week and another rally in the market. Week 25 is in the books since we started the buy and hold vs. the moving average ETF investing strategy comparison. Both strategy's are at all time high's.

Investor A (buy and hold ETF investing) saw his portfolio increase about $250 this past week to a total value of $14019.08. That is a staggering 39% plus increase in just over 6 months. This does take a bit of the sting out the horrendous bear market we all just experienced.

Investor B (moving average ETF investor) saw his portfolio increase over $150 this past week to a total value of $10302.16. This is a 2.6% gain in 25 weeks. Remember that while this looks quite bad compared to the buy and hold investor, it is only 25 weeks and the moving average has had to be patient waiting for 50 day moving average to move above the 200 moving average for the ETFs from the balanced ETF portfolio.

The most recent 3 month results are graphed below. Clicking on the chart will give you an easier to read view.


Learn more about the ETF investing strategy used for this comparison here.

See the balanced ETF portfolio here.

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