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Cropping With Some Masking

August 16, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Here is another example of working with an image using Luminar AI.  If you are seeking help with Luminar AI, just Google “Luminar AI YouTube” without the quotes.  Jim Nix has many excellent tutorials. Statue of Fisherman – Original The following image was made in the evening (illuminating lamps are on) on a foggy day.  […]

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Sky Replacement: Post Processing a Photograph

August 16, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Below are two photographs of the Carson House located in Eureka, California.  The house is now the Ingomar Club, but I still think of it as the Carson House.  The house was built in 1885 and was the home of pioneer lumberman, William Carson.  It is one of the most photographed structures in the United […]

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Mormon Barn – Grand Tetons National Park

August 14, 2021 By Lowell Herr

The barn shown below is a much photographed site on Mormon Row in Grand Tetons National Park.  The image was made using a Canon 5D Mark II.  I’ve since moved to the Olympus 4/3 cameras.  More on this later. Camera settings were as follows:  ISO 100, f11, 1/180s and 32mm.  What you see below is […]

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Photographs On Display

August 14, 2021 By Lowell Herr

While ITA Wealth Management is an investment site, I take liberties at times to add music recommendations and this morning I set up a new category for photographs.  There may be a few photographers in the group that would enjoying sharing ideas and tips. The image below was made a number of years ago when […]

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New to ITA Wealth Management?

June 17, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Are you new to ITA Wealth Management?  If so, here are a few hints to effectively use this blog site.  Find the Category “Beginning Investors” and read that material.  Use Category to find “Critical Material.”  Make use of the Search engine.  Look for the little magnifier in the upper right-hand corner of the page or […]

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Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 3 – Risk Parity and Volatility Targeting

June 2, 2021 By hedgehunter

In the first two parts of this series on portfolio construction I have focused on simplicity in terms of the number of assets that might be included in the portfolio and the level of management effort required to monitor and maintain the portfolio so as to generate acceptable returns.  I have addressed risk at the […]

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Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 2 – Buy And Hold with Periodic Adjustments

May 30, 2021 By hedgehunter

In Part 1 of this series of posts (https://itawealth.com/constructing-a-core-investment-portfolio-part-1-buy-and-hold/) I described how a new investor (or an investor wishing to change their current portfolio structure) might set up a simple Buy-And-Hold portfolio of ETFs that requires little or no management.  The portfolio consisted of only four ETFs that were equally weighted and could be considered […]

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Investing Rules Regardless of Investing Model

May 23, 2021 By Lowell Herr

There are a few basic investing principles that apply regardless of what investing model is used to manage the portfolio. Save early. Take advantage of the power of compounding and get dollars working as early as possible. Don’t feel you need a large sum of money to get started. Keep costs to a minimum. Morningstar […]

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Life Insurance: My Story

May 22, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Low-cost life insurance is one of the top five investments recommended by Michael Edesess et. al. in their excellent book, The 3 Simple Rules of Investing: Why Everything You’ve Heard About Investing Is Wrong  — And What To Do Instead.  Here are the five recommendations in this book. Invest in TIPs (TIP) Invest in a […]

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Dual Momentum Investing by Gary Antonacci

May 21, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Dual Momentum is a combination of Relative Strength Momentum and Absolute Momentum.  Relative strength momentum compares the trend of one security with respect to another security.  Platinum members are familiar with this concept as we are always comparing the strength (price performance) of one ETF with another ETF.  Absolute momentum or absolute acceleration examines the […]

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