What exactly does a formula do? A complete detailed explanation can be as vast and complex as each individual investor and is beyond the scope of this article but a brief summary of a formula’s usefulness would include the two primary functions it fulfills.
First, over a full market cycle, it will improve your investment profits without the application of any thought whatsoever on your part. A good thing for most investors, because the less emotion they inject into their investment decisions – the better off they are. Because there are many investors who don’t believe that the market will ever go through a full cycle again – that the direction of the market is in a permanently upward movement, except for temporary, minor dips. It might be worthwhile to point out – without seeming to be pessimistic – that there are some good arguments against an indefinite continuation of bull markets as the past few years have shown.
The second purpose of a formula – apart from the question of profiting from complete market cycles – is to provide a means of profiting from more minor fluctuations. It is undeniable that the market will...