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Mike Philbrick HAP Seasonal Rotation ETF HAC-T PARTIAL BUY Nov 30, 2020

Seasonal rotation ETF. It broadens the investor's horizons. It looks for historically seasonally demonstrated trends. It is worth while keeping if you don’t have anything else that looks at seasonal trends in your portfolio. It will work over time but not every time. Be disciplined and balance with the rest of your portfolio.
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Seasonal rotation ETF. It is an alternative asset class. The risk adjusted return of the portfolio can improve with bit of this one. You win rotational trades more often than not.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Mar 29/17, Down 1.5%) The ETF trades very frequently. It is like a hedge fund. It gives you an absolute return that is different from your bond portfolio. 48% of assets are currently in cash. They do some ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ as in seasonal trading.

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(A Top Pick Mar 29/18, Up 7%) He uses this as an alternative allocation. It is hedge fund like without correlation to the other asset classes.

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It has seasonal rotation in its name. Really likes it. It's highly active with high turnover of stocks opportunistically (sort of like a hedge fund manager). This is perfectly fine for aggressive investors who can stomach the ride (i.e. HAC can shift to cash for long periods).
DON'T BUY
Recommend ETFs that focus on alternative strategies? Yes, but HAC is too expensive.
DON'T BUY
He's always interested in the Horizons newsletter, but he doesn't own any of their products. It involves seasonality and market timing. If you like this sort of thing, this ETF is fine. But for him, market timing is a bit like soothsaying.
BUY
Likes it. Seasonal is real for different asset classes. We're now in a strong US season, because of the midterm elections. natural gas and wheat have their own seasonality too. Most investors don't look at seasonality. HAC doesn't work all the time, but OVER time. A good addition to a portfolio. It has outperformed the TSX this year.
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Great way to get exposure to broad array of asset classes. Different way to look at long/short positions. Critical to manage risks. Very complimentary addition to 60/40 portfolio. 

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(A Top Pick Jan 26/24, Up 11%)

It rotates holdings based on seasonality. The one-year chart has been steady and positive. Is diversified and shows support in difficult markets.