Last year, I recommended the First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF ( FTLS ) as a Buy. Since then, it has generated a nice 7.50% return compared to the S&P 500’s return of 10.54%. My thesis was thatThe Barnacle is a quantitative analyst and has been in and out of the investing business since 2003. He is a former member of Marketocracy's M100 Club. He has a degree in mathematics and believes that mathematics is the root of all success. If the numbers tell one to do something, then do it. When one reads his posts, ...

Last year, I recommended the First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF ( FTLS ) as a Buy. Since then, it has generated a nice 7.50% return compared to the S&P 500’s return of 10.54%. My thesis was thatThe Barnacle is a quantitative analyst and has been in and out of the investing business since 2003. He is a former member of Marketocracy's M100 Club. He has a degree in mathematics and believes that mathematics is the root of all success. If the numbers tell one to do something, then do it. When one reads his posts, ...