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Why Focus On Value and Momentum

October 21, 2016 By Lowell Herr

ITA followers know that even the passively managed portfolios are skewed toward the value side of a broad Strategic Asset Allocation plan.  Here is an example from the Schrodinger portfolio Dashboard. Schrodinger Dashboard:  Schrodinger’s Strategic Asset Allocation plan is laid out in the following Dashboard.  Check the nine asset

Filed Under: Critical Material, Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Portfolio Management

Retirement Plan: Am I On Track?

September 19, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Retirement planning is a primary motivator for saving and setting up an investment portfolio.  Are there any saving guidelines for the individual investor?  Below are a few and I suggest you check out William Bernstein’s words of wisdom.  Search “Bernstein” on this

Filed Under: Retirement Planning Tagged With: Retirement Planning

September Music Recommendation

September 4, 2016 By Lowell Herr

September Music Recommendation The September music recommendation comes after several months of neglect so I need to make this a good one.  After looking down a list of five (5) star selections I decided to recommend A Company of Voices, Conspirare in Concert. My top four selections from the

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Music

Five Habits of People In Debt

August 8, 2016 By Lowell Herr

5 Habits of People In Debt Many people don’t realize that poor financial habits are perhaps the biggest contributing factor to falling into debt, rather than personal circumstance. Once you’ve accepted that you have a financial problem and seek help to correct it, you will find there are many solutions

Filed Under: Beginning Investors Tagged With: Beginning Investors

Portfolio Construction From Over 100 ETFs

July 19, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Building a portfolio from over 100 ETFs and 6800 stocks results in the following group of securities.  Beginning with a base of over 100 commission free ETFs from TDAmeritrade and then adding in a few specialized, sector, and commodities plus several highly screen stocks, we narrow the list to the

Filed Under: Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Portfolio Construction

Splitting Portfolio Into Multiple Parts

May 23, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Reducing portfolio risk is at the forefront of investor thinking after a flat market in 2015.  Momentum principles, as laid out in the Kipling 2.5.1 spreadsheet, do not always work as well as preferred, due in part to the 33-day portfolio review waiting period.  We see the rankings change

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Critical Material, Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Portfolio Construction

Test Notification of New Blog Posts

April 13, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Several ITA readers wrote to me telling me that they are no longer receiving notifications of new blog posts.  As the Sysop I log on to the site every day, but this is not convenient for all readers.  Apparently a new plugin upgrade reset the notification option so I set

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Critical Material Tagged With: Critical Material

Beating the Dow With Bonds

April 8, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Several years ago I wrote a review of Michael O’Higgins book, Beating the Dow With Bonds.  O’Higgins made a name for himself with his Dogs of the Dow book.  Both systems are filled with errors.  The following review came to mind as I read Jim Sloan’s article, “Is

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Books

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