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Charles Ellis: Loser’s Game of Stock Picking

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Let’s revisit Charles D. Ellis’ 1995 paper, “The Loser’s Game,” where he describes his Break-Even Return (BER) equation. Here is a review of this equation. BER = [(Turnover percentage x Transaction Cost) + Management Fee + Target Return]/Market Return It is quite easy to set up this equation in an Excel spreadsheet and play around […]

ITARR: How To Reduce Losses

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Zion National Park On page 167 of Mebane T. Faber and Eric W. Richardson’s book, “The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets” we read, “Our research has shown that returns are lower and volatility is higher when asset classes are below

Portfolio Requirements: Basic Ideas For Construction

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Basic portfolio construction requires that long-term goals include diversification, a risk reduction model, and equity orientation.  Here is how I outline the thinking process when putting together a portfolio of securities. Think diversification through asset allocation.  Each asset class included in the Strategic

William Bernstein’s Latest E-Book: Getting Rich Slowly

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William Bernstein’s latest e-Book, If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, is all about regularly investing equal amounts of money using three mutual funds.  Those funds are:  U.S. Total Stock Market, International Total Stock Market, and U.S. Bond Market.  Save 15% of

Chopin: 24 Preludes

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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

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