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The True Cost of Management Fees

January 15, 2022 By Lowell Herr

Sometime in the past I wrote about the true cost of management fees, but that blog post may have been deleted in the process of culling older posts.  Regardless, it is time to go through the mathematics of management fees.  Let’s walk through an example. Here are the critical assumptions to consider.  I will neglect […]

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Photography: Grass Valley Church

January 11, 2022 By Lowell Herr

Readers who appreciate photography may enjoy viewing and comparing images of an abandoned church in Grass Valley, Oregon.  Above is the original image as it came out of a Canon full-frame camera.  No adjustments were made with this photo and as you can see, it is on the dark side. In the above photograph, I […]

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Hindsight is 2021 – A Year-End Retrospective and Lessons for 2022

January 4, 2022 By hedgehunter

Portfolio Construction The following screenshot tells us almost all we really need to know about 2021 – it was a great year to invest in US equities: The S&P 500 Index was up 29% on the year with 70 new highs on the way up and only two (short-lived) corrections of over 4%. Likewise, the […]

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Happy New Year – 2022

January 1, 2022 By Lowell Herr

Happy New Year In addition to wishing everyone a Happy New Year, this is a test to see if this post is received by everyone classified as a Subscriber.  All registered users are now so classified. If you prefer not to receive notifications of new blog posts (assuming notifications is now working), contact me and […]

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Asset Allocation and Market Factors

December 30, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Asset Allocation and Market Factors There are times when I get involved in an investment discussion on another investment site.  The debate frequently involves the very basics of portfolio construction.  Does one use individual stocks, mutual funds, or ETFs to populate portfolios?  This is a fundamental question.  Here at ITA Wealth Management we use, almost […]

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Merry Christmas: 2021

December 25, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Merry Christmas Sending Season Greetings to all ITA readers.  Let’s hope for and plan on a less stressful 2022, although it will be difficult to repeat the 2021 bull market. I selected a toy engine (not Lionel) as the photograph since Lionel trains were big in our house during the month of December.  As small […]

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2021 in Review

December 15, 2021 By Lowell Herr

  The following short photo show is a brief review of 2021 events.  Although a tad early, I’m sending out Holiday Wishes to all ITA readers. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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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 was first launched.  The basics of investing do […]

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Photo Enhancement: Where Condors Soar

November 7, 2021 By Lowell Herr

On a recent trip to Southern California, when traveling south on Route #101, the GPS recommended moving off #101 and taking a more mountainous road, Route #154.  Intuitively, this seemed like a false recommendation.  Why leave a four-lane highway for a winding two lane road.  Route #154 is actually shorter than if one remains on […]

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If Only I Had Been Smart Enough …..

November 6, 2021 By hedgehunter

In my recent Rutherford Review Post I spent a little time describing some of the features of Fibonacci Technical Analysis. I mentioned that I don’t usually use this analysis for Investment purposes (other than, maybe, to help me set stop loss orders) but that I sometimes use it for other “trades”. For fun, since I […]

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