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Schrodinger Portfolio Update: 28 October 2025

October 28, 2025 By Lowell Herr 2 Comments

Once more we examine what activity, if any, is taking place within the Schrodinger portfolio.  For new readers the Schrodinger is a Robo Advisor portfolio or one that is managed by computer.  The Schrodinger is housed with Schwab and is designated as an Intelligent Portfolio.  Since the last review the only changes is the amount […]

Filed Under: Schrodinger Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Schrodinger Portfolio

Huygens Portfolio Review: 27 October 2025

October 27, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Huygens is a traditional asset allocation portfolio that has a global diversification.  Dividends and new cash additions are used to keep the various assets in balance.  As readers will see, the Huygens current needs some rebalancing as will be shown below.

Filed Under: Huygens Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Asset Allocation, Huygens Portfolio

Darwin Portfolio Review: 24 October 2025

October 26, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities hit new all-time highs again this week with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing ~2% higher than last week’s close and butting it’s head against the 6800 level (previous highs ~2 weeks ago):

Filed Under: Darwin Portfolio, Options, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance, Risk Parity Tagged With: Darwin Portfolio, Options, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance, Risk Parity

Finding Suitable Closed-End-Funds (CEFs)

October 25, 2025 By Lowell Herr 9 Comments

In a few weeks I will be updating the Kepler, a portfolio populated by closed-end-funds.  Which CEFs to choose for inclusion continues to be a source of frustration.  This week I’ve been using ChatGPT as a source of help in selecting CEFs.  Today I asked ChatGPT to create a portfolio of 30 closed-end-funds where the […]

Filed Under: Portfolio Construction, Asset Allocation, Critical Material, Kepler Portfolio, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Portfolio Construction

Portfolio Construction: Where to Begin?

October 25, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

This week I received a phone call seeking basic investment help.  This blog post is written in response to that call.  There are a few basic principles to investing and I’ve written about them on this blog for nearly 18 years.  Here is the link to two very basic principles. Rule #1 There is no […]

Filed Under: Portfolio Construction, Beginning Investors, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Portfolio Construction

Carson Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 24 October 2025

October 24, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Carson is one of three portfolios using the Sector BPI investing model and it is one of the better performing accounts.  Since the last update the Materials sector dropped down into the low 30% bullish zone so I jumped the gun and added 35 shares of VAW to the Carson.

Filed Under: Sector BPI, Carson Portfolio Tagged With: Carson Portfolio, Sector BPI

Franklin Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 22 October 2025

October 22, 2025 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

Patients paid off as there was action this week in the sectors market.  Materials dipped to a 30% bullish level so I added shares of VAW to each of the three Sector BPI portfolios of which Franklin is one.  Not showing up in the first screenshot is the addition of another two shares of SHV […]

Filed Under: Franklin Portfolio, Sector BPI Tagged With: Franklin Portfolio

Darwin Portfolio Review: 17 October 2025

October 20, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

For readers that may have been wondering why they haven’t seen a review from me in a couple of weeks I apologize. I purchased a new computer two weeks ago and tried to move all my files to the new computer – but  something went badly wrong and, even though the files were backed up/syncronized […]

Filed Under: Darwin Portfolio, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance Tagged With: Darwin Portfolio, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance

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