by Scott Martindale, Senior Managing Director

by Scott Martindale, Senior Managing Director

Scott Martindale

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist

David Brown

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist

David Brown

by David Brown, Chief  Market Strategist

David Brown

The market doesn't seem to know which way it wants to go. Last week was literally the mirror image of the previous week. The best style/cap two weeks ago was Small-cap Value; last week it was the worst (-3.4%). The worst style/cap two weeks ago was Large-cap Growth; this week it was the best (-1.9%).

by Scott Martindale, Senior Managing Director

Scott Martindale

Today the market sold off a bit, but the Sabrient Investor's (H)Edge long/short absolute return portfolio was up +2.3%, and gained +3.8% vs. its market benchmark. This is the great value of an absolute return strategy that helps you sleep better at night.

SeekingAlpha.com  writes that "The Claymore/Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF (DEF)  . . .  offers exposure to equities that tend to perform relatively well in economic downturns. "    Here is the article.

By David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems, LLC

David Brown

(Monday, September 21, 2009, 2:45 p.m. PST )  While I am not a psychiatrist, I am tempted to diagnose our current market as borderline schizophrenic because it has shown a tendency to go up on bad news but also often go down on good news.