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The Golden Rule of Investing

March 17, 2021 By Lowell Herr

The Golden Rule of Investing is simply, “Save as much as you can as early as you can.”  The operative word is early.  William J. Bernstein lays it out in stark language in his book, “

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Golden Rule of Investing

The Golden Rule of Investing is simply, “Save as much as you can as early as you can.” The operative word is early.  William J. Bernstein lays it out in stark language in his book, “The Investor’s

ChatGPT Summary of ITA Wealth Management Blog

November 3, 2025 By Lowell Herr 2 Comments

I asked ChatGPT this question.  What is the ITA Wealth Management blog all about?  Below is the summary and I might add, it is quite accurate. The blog of ITA Wealth Management is an independent investment-blog run by a former physics teacher turned serious amateur investor, who launched

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Returning To Investing Roots: 5 August 2024

August 4, 2024 By Lowell Herr

This ITA Wealth Management blog has been chugging along for approximately 16.5 years.  Over the last few months I’ve moved several portfolios back to what I call my investing roots or what is known as the Asset Allocation model.  While I loosely used this model

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If Starting Over

June 10, 2024 By Lowell Herr

What advice would I pass on to a beginning investor?  Is this advice applicable for a retired investor?  You be the judge. Investing does not require a finance degree from the University of Chicago.  For starters, check out this video to see just how simple it really is.  To broaden

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Beginning to Advanced Investors: 4 December 2021

December 4, 2021 By Lowell Herr

There are times when one needs to step out of the weeds of investing and take a fresh look at portfolio construction.  Most readers of ITA Wealth Management have been with us for a number of years, some going as far back to 2008 when this blog

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The Elements of Investing: Part II

March 27, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Chapter two of The Elements of Investing covers index investing.  When it comes to investing, nobody knows more than the market.  William F. Sharpe put is simply in an article many years ago when he wrote – The Arithmetic

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The Elements of Investing: Part I

March 25, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis have written an amazingly simple and short book titled, The Elements of Investing.  This compact book hits on all cylinders of investing and the first one is the most important – SAVE.  This

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