ETF Yourself

ETF Yourself

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Fresh Charts: The other AI that is changing investing as we know it. And some lottery tickets.

Taking big shots...with small amounts of money. Because I am, after all, a chicken shxt investor (and trader!)

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ETF Yourself
Nov 12, 2026
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about 2027. Not in the markets per se, since I am not one to mark the calendar with the popular start/stop action the way others do.

I get it. Our lives are so centered around identifying endorphin rushes. Even if you want to avoid it, you really can’t.

But to me, investing is a continous process of taking one’s philosophy, and designing a process around it in a way that fits how much of their “time allocation pie” they wish to devote to this weird science.

After that part is established, it is all about strategy, decision-making, analysis of return potential and risk, and, just like a good athlete, “getting your reps” in. Practice and repetition will never guarantee success in investing. However, it is much more likely to keep you from giving up because you just turned your 401k into a 201k. See 1987, 2000, 2008 on that one.

So I’m thinking. And planning. On the topic of what this service and our ROAR.PiTrade.com analytics service will look like in 2027. That includes the format and type of content I share in our weekly live show for subscribers.

What is primarily driving that serious thinking is my belief that the whole nature of investing has changed. Price discovery, deep-dive research and tactical strategy have been replaced in part. By what?

By algorithms, indexing, arrogance and ignorance.

THAT is the OTHER AI. A pair of them, in fact.

It won’t be long until we lay out for you all which elements are staying exactly as is, and which ones we will be adjusting.

In 2027 and beyond, my intention is to focus max attention (mine and those of my top subscribers) on a limited number of high-value-added pursuits as investors. Simple but sophisticated.

So to the extent you wish to supply any feedback to us on any aspect of what we’re doing at Sungarden, our email “door” is always open: info@sungardeninvestment.com.

Now, about those charts and lottery tickets

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