In Part 1 of this series of posts (https://itawealth.com/constructing-a-core-investment-portfolio-part-1-buy-and-hold/) I described how a new investor (or an investor wishing to change their current portfolio structure) might set up a simple Buy-And-Hold portfolio of ETFs that requires little or no management.
Archives for 2021
Investing Rules Regardless of Investing Model
There are a few basic investing principles that apply regardless of what investing model is used to manage the portfolio. Save early. Take advantage of the power of compounding and get dollars working as early as possible. Don’t feel you need a large sum of money to get
Life Insurance: My Story
Low-cost life insurance is one of the top five investments recommended by Michael Edesess et. al. in their excellent book, The 3 Simple Rules of Investing: Why Everything You’ve Heard About Investing Is Wrong — And What To Do Instead
Dual Momentum Investing by Gary Antonacci
Dual Momentum is a combination of Relative Strength Momentum and Absolute Momentum. Relative strength momentum compares the trend of one security with respect to another security. Platinum members are familiar with this concept as we are always comparing the strength (price performance) of one ETF with another ETF. Absolute
How Risky is Your Portfolio? – Another Perspective
Last week, Lowell posted a blog asking the question “How Risky is Your Portfolio?” and reminded us that portfolio returns are a function of the expected returns from the assets in our “quiver” and the risk associated with these assets as represented by their volatility. I thought
Retirement Requirements: May 2021
What size portfolio is required for a comfortable retirement? There are numerous variables to consider. Here is an example for our fictitious couple. We begin with current data on what the average retirement annual salary is and what the average household is living on in the United
How Risky Is Your Portfolio? May 2021
Portfolio risk is a subject I’ve written about in prior blog posts. It is particularly important now that U.S. Equities are hovering around all time highs and we are entering the summer months when the stock market tends to generate
Grading Exams
How does one balance grading exams when teaching in an educational environment that prides itself on downplaying letter grades, while holding students to high standards of excellence? The system below explains the model I used in my last years of teaching. Were I in the classroom today, I would modify
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