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Deep dives, monthly reviews and weekly reads on the strategies InvestLab runs live.
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- 15 Oct 2026
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Deep dives · One strategy, taken apart: the rules, the evidence, and when it fails.
A Cheaper Way to Hedge Bear Markets, Built for European Investors
How to run Adaptive Hedge, the monthly strategy that rotates into the strongest defensive assets, with funds you can actually buy in Europe.
Adaptive Hedge: A Cheaper Way to Survive the Next Bear Market
A rules-based hedging strategy that gained 39% through the Global Financial Crisis and 32% through the dot-com bust — a deep dive into what worked, what didn’t, and why.
The Levered All-Weather Portfolio, Rebuilt for DIY Investors
A simple four-ETF (or futures) strategy that uses moderate leverage to target stock-like returns - while working in far more environments than stocks alone.
Dual Momentum Pivot5: the deep dive
The full guide to InvestLab’s tactical momentum strategy. Each month it ranks nine asset-class ETFs by trend, holds the five strongest, and steps into cash when trends turn down. Why a tactical layer, how it’s built, 35 years of evidence, why it works, when it fails, and whether it’s right for you.