While I’ve written about management fees in prior blogs, it is useful to think about them again as fees can easily leave an “endowment” on the doorstep of an active manager. A few readers will remember load funds where the cost to gain access to a fund cost 8.5%.
Schrodinger Computer Manage Portfolio Update: 7 June 2023
Normally I don’t review a portfolio this quickly since the last update, but the owner of the Schrodinger added new money so the portfolio could be tax managed. According to Schwab’s website an Intelligent Portfolio,
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 7 June 2023
Portfolios fall into two major categories, actively managed or passively managed. The Copernicus portfolio is of the latter variety as the plan is to invest only in U.S. Equities. Only add or purchase Exchanged Traded Funds (ETFs) and only sell in an emergency. Over the past 17 months
Bullish Percent Indicators: 2 June 2023
Friday’s strong market turned out to be a positive injection for the U.S. Equities market. International ETFs benefited as well. This reaction to the debt limit solution is reflected in the first screenshot below. What is somewhat surprising is that approximately 50% of the stocks in the indexes
Schrodinger Portfolio Review: 1 June 2023
The Schrodinger is an excellent portfolio to lead off June as it is a “no decision” portfolio designed for investors who have no interest in the workings of the stock market. Managed by computers at Schwab, the Schrodinger is known as a Robo Advisor account. Schwab calls these accounts
Bethe Portfolio Review: 30 May 2023
Before getting into the review of the Bethe portfolio the photo above reminds me of when Memorial Day was referred to as Decoration Day. This was a day to decorate graves, particularly of fallen war soldiers. Small towns celebrated the day with a parade that included the high school band, decorated bicycles, tractors, fire engines, […]
Franklin Sector BPI Plus Update: 26 May 2023
Franklin is the Sector BPI portfolio I’m examining today. Before progressing further I need to warn readers that Yahoo once again fiddled with their downloading codes so the Kipling data is not current. In fact it is a week old. This problem poses a question of what to do
Copernicus Buy & Hold Portfolio Review: 18 May 2023
Copernicus is the only Buy & Hold portfolio managed here on the ITA blog site. Diversification comes from holding hundreds of companies in the United States. If one prefers to further diversify this portfolio one would add International Equities (VEU) to the options
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