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Relative Strength: A Critical Portfolio Management Tool
Published in Investments & Wealth Monitor, January/February 2012

Relative strength may be the single most powerful and adaptable tool available to the typical investment advisor to help manage client accounts. Relative strength should be in the toolbox of every investment advisor, whether they manage accounts directly or help clients select managers and construct portfolios. Unfortunately, it is probably also the most misunderstood—and often incorrectly maligned—investment approach. Read the article.