About Us
Robert W. Dillon, Ph.D., is the founder and chief technical chart analyst of ETFTiming, LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in the stock market and has developed a disciplined, rules-based investment system driven by technical analysis. In addition to his market experience, Robert has taught 63 courses at five universities and academic institutions as an Adjunct Professor. |  |
Over the years, Robert has developed several investment models with a strong emphasis on risk management and capital preservation. ETFTiming was created as a spin-off of TSPFundTrading.com after the strategy consistently demonstrated exceptional results on the parent site. The service was subsequently made available to the general public.
ETFTiming is an independent financial research service designed for investors and financial professionals seeking a disciplined approach to growing and protecting capital in all market environments. The foundation of the service is simple: successful investing can be guided by objective, rules-based methods rather than opinions or emotions.
Many financial advisors employ Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), which seeks to optimize returns through diversification. While diversification remains an important principle, periods in which both stocks and bonds decline simultaneously have challenged some of the assumptions behind traditional portfolio management. During such periods, investors relying solely on passive asset allocation may face substantial losses.
| Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are commonly used within diversified portfolios, including the Lifecycle Funds available to federal employees. However, markets are cyclical, and major declines can significantly impact long-term savings. Recovering from a large loss often requires years of above-average returns. Our objective is to help investors maximize returns while managing risk through a disciplined ETF timing strategy that has consistently outperformed traditional buy-and-hold investing. |  |
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Robert holds three degrees in the sciences: a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science from the University of New Orleans, and both a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Missouri University of Science & Technology. His areas of specialization include geochemistry, hydrogeology, and geophysics.
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Robert began investing long before the Internet era, when trades were placed through brokers over the telephone and market information was gathered from newspapers and company reports. In the early 1980s, he manually plotted stock prices and created his own charts.
As technology evolved, so did the tools available to traders. Over the decades, Robert has studied and tested virtually every major style of technical analysis while experiencing the full range of market conditions and investor emotions.
Through it all, the greatest teacher has been the market itself. While technologies and methods change, the underlying principles of technical analysis remain timeless. Fear and greed, reflected in crowd psychology, continue to be revealed through price and volume charts.
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Trading signals are provided primarily to individual investors and traders. In certain cases, the information may also be made available to Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) who manage client assets on a contractual basis. Dr. Dillon is not a registered or licensed investment advisor or broker-dealer. His clients include individual investors as well as professional money managers and financial advisors who utilize his research and trading signals on behalf of their clients. |
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