Education Center
Welcome to the InTrust Advisors Education Center
This web resource is meant to be of assistance to our clients and/or their advisers in understanding what we do, how we do it and subtle aspects of our trend following and price momentum strategies that provide a clear long-term advantage over our peers.
Videos:
A short video on why trend following is such an effective investment strategy.
A short video entitled "What is an ETF?"
Articles Written By InTrust:
Trend Following - How to Get One Up on Your Peers
What if I told you there was a way to improve your financial situation versus your peers? Find out how in this article on how trend following can help you do just that.
The Retirement Fantasy - What Your Advisor Never Told You
Is retirement really just a fantasy from another period and time? Hear five reasons why in this period and time, retirement may be just the next great lie perpetuated on hard working Americans.
Ten Powerful Reasons You Should Be Using ETFs Instead of Mutual Funds
Should you be using Mutual Funds or ETFs in your investment portfolio? Here are ten powerful reasons you (or your investment advisor) should be using ETFs instead of Mutual Funds.
Seven Secrets to Better Investment Returns
There is a way to achieve your investment objectives in this tough market environment, find out how.
Getting Over it - The Fear of Changing Advisors
Article offers offers motivational help to those individuals putting off hiring a new or additional advisor.
The Great Roth IRA Conversion Farce
Eight reasons you may not want to convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
Articles Written By Others:
Combining Trend and Momentum for Investment Success, Courtesy the TimingCube
Great article on why combining trend following and momentum based strategies makes sense. InTrust does just this in our Market Adaptive Portfolio Strategies.
On The Nature and Origins of Trend Following, By Stig Ostgaard
Everything you might want to know on the origins of Trend Following and then some.
Finding and Hiring the Right Financial Advisor
Personal Finance for Dummies chapter on finding and hiring the right financial advisor.
Twelve Common Mistakes Investors Make
This one page article lists twelve common mistakes individual investors make with their portfolios.
This CFA publication attempts to take the confusion out determining what kind of advisor is right for you.
Jim Cramer of CNBC outlines why Buy and Hold is not longer the right approach to the markets.