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Chopin: 24 Preludes

March 30, 2014 By Lowell Herr

There are many Chopin: 24 Preludes to choose from.  Gregory Sokolov is the artist in this particular and most of the cuts I rate as five stars.  Hence my music recommendation for this week.  The following review by Scott Morrison mirrors my reaction to this recording. “Grigory

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Classical Music

The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights

March 16, 2014 By Lowell Herr

The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights is my classical music recording for the week.  Downloading the MP3 version seems to be the only way to capture this music, but it is worth it.  Below is a positive review from an Amazon reader.  Based on the way

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Classical Music

Beginner Advice: Getting Started With Portfolio Construction

March 15, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Several days* ago a friend wrote and asked about setting up a portfolio where $500 would be deposited every month.  What advice would I pass on to such an investor?  The first bit

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, ITA Portfolios, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance Tagged With: Beginning Investors, Portfolio Construction

Useful Website: Transparent Investing

March 10, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Last evening I was made aware of a useful and interesting website titled, Transparent Investing.  Even if you lose track of this blog you will be able to find this site by going to the ITA Blog tab, and then scrolling down to Bookmarks.  There you will find the

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Critical Material Tagged With: Beginning Investors, Critical Material

Living a Dream: Katherine Jenkins

February 2, 2014 By Lowell Herr

One of my favorite female singers is Katherine Jenkins.  Living a Dream is my CD selection for this week and I recommend downloading the MP3 version to save some money.   The following Amazon review provides clues as to what to expect to

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: CD Recommendations, Music

Scheherazade: Music Selection for This Week

January 26, 2014 By Lowell Herr

  Scheherazade, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, is my CD recommendation for this week.  While there are many options available, this particular CD also includes Capriccio Espagnol.  This is a Telarc disc and I find their recording standards to be quite high.  Following is one of several

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: CD Recommendations

Asset Classes: How Many Should I Own?

January 23, 2014 By Lowell Herr

With much recent attention given to answering the money managers most perplexing question, what percent of the portfolio should be invested in each asset class, the whole idea of how many asset classes to include in a portfolio has been neglected.  William Bernstein answers the question

Filed Under: Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction

ETF Rankings: VEU and IDV Lose Ground

January 22, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Two international ETFs lost ground over the last few trading days.  Both VEU and IDV are now performing below SHY as Platinum members can see from the rankings table shown below. ETF Rankings:  Based on the following data we will continue to lower allocations to asset classes such as

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: Risk Management

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