Jim Welsh is a student of the financial markets and a seasoned veteran of investing with forty years of portfolio management experience, including: security research & analysis, model building, portfolio construction, asset allocation, and is a specialist in technical analysis and macro-economics. Did we mention he is also an all-around good guy?

As nationally recognized financial expert Jim has been quoted in Barrons, the San Diego Union-Tribune, Consensus, the Big Picture, Econintersect, and Market Views. Mr. Welsh has been interviewed on Fox Business News and CNBC, CBS radio and given more than 3,000 interviews on TV, radio, and internet business shows since 1988.

An example of Welsh's impressive market calls includes the major sell-off in world markets in 2007. That year, Jim correctly anticipated the housing & credit crisis and predicted the bear market in stocks in 2008. In February 2009, just before the market bottomed and economic statistics improved, Welsh identified the signs of a turnaround in the stock market and economy. A Recap of this analysis from 2007 - 2009 is available. Learn More.

Investment Philosophy

Why this Investment Approach is Different.

The Macro Tides holistic approach combines Monetary, Fundamental, Momentum, Major Trend Indicator, Market Breadth, Chart Analysis, Contrary Opinion, Positioning, and Sentiment to identify trend changes in various financial markets. This holistic approach is unique since most other mainstream fund managers rely almost exclusively on fundamental analysis and historical performance-based asset allocation models.

Our investment approach identifies trend changes in the following markets:

• U.S Equities
• Dollar & Euro Currency
• Emerging Markets
• U.S. Treasury (long/short)
• Gold & Gold Stocks

Historical trend changes are available on Resources.

Why Tactical? Valuations (Future Returns) vs. Buy & Hold

Current valuations in global equities and bonds imply that future investment returns are likely to be disappointing. The Buffet Valuation Indicator (the ratio of Equities to GDP) is near record highs and the expected average annual return for the S&P 500 in the next 10 years is now just 0.8%. This is not the only metric suggesting that the stock market may be vulnerable to a significant decline. As a result, there is a higher probability of prolonged poor returns across multiple investment asset classes.

The unwinding of excessively high valuations is often volatile and painful; frequently wrought with corrections of 20% or more. Macro Tides offers investors the opportunity to side-step deep corrections, monetize the market rebounds, and capitalize on falling prices using money market or inverse ETF funds.