Tag Archives: Bespoke

Models, S&P 500 Returns and Related Folklore

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Michael Harris

According to Investopedia, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Indicator was first coined by the Bespoke Investment Group. This indicator suggested, when it first appeared, that when the cover model is an American the S&P 500 has a higher probability to generate a yearly … Continue reading →

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Who Needs the Trading Day? Part Two

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Michael Harris

I already demonstrated the flaws in the Bespoke study about buying SPY at the close and selling it on the next open. Basically, that study did not account for commissions and this effect alone completely changed the picture in favor of … Continue reading →

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Who Needs the Trading Day? I do

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Michael Harris

A study last month in the Bespoke blog concluded that the simple strategy of buying on the close and selling on the open of next day would have significantly outperformed buy and hold since the launch of SPY ETF. The Bespoke results were published in … Continue reading →

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