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Goofus vs. Gallant

September 13, 2013 By Lowell Herr

As a small boy, my family subscribed to a magazine called “Children’s Activities.” Each issue contained a story of two characters, Goofus and Gallant. We all wanted to be like Gallant, although we frequently found ourselves behaving like Goofus. Here is another Goofus/Gallant tale, this time with help from a publication written by the late […]

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How to Construct a Portfolio

October 9, 2013 By Lowell Herr

If you are relatively new to investing or if you have been building a portfolio by selecting individual stocks and find you are under performing the market and wish to switch to index investing, how does one construct a portfolio?  Index investing is actually much easier and less stressful than stock picking.  Here are the […]

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Advisors Do Not Add Alpha

October 9, 2013 By Lowell Herr

  ITA Wealth Management is all about learning to manage your own portfolio instead of hiring a professional money manager.  Here is added evidence that consultants and advisors are not adding alpha to some of the most recognized portfolios in the land. Check out this PDF file, “The Futility of the Endowment Model.” There several […]

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Retirement Planning Mistake #1

October 25, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Mistake number one in my book is failure to save or to not follow The Golden Rule of Investing.  Open up a spreadsheet and run your own calculations for the following classic comparison. As a nineteen year old you have the foresight and financial opportunity to save $2,000 per year for eight years.  After saving […]

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Retirement Planning Mistake #2

October 26, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Prospective investors carry too much credit card debt.  This mistake is a corollary of Mistake #1.  Stay out of credit card (CC) debt.  Mistake #2 is not so much an investor mistake, but rather a mistake of bad management as it has nothing to do with managing a portfolio.  If one ever aspires to be […]

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Retirement Planning Mistake #3

October 28, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Many investors are too conservative at an early age.  In other words, they are “stock market shy.”  Don’t load up your portfolio with bonds when you are in your twenties and you have forty years to save. Let me illustrate this mistake with a real example. Husband and wife saved identical amounts during their working […]

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Retirement Planning Mistake #4

October 29, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Investors lack knowledge about the importance of asset allocation.  Investors do not educate themselves as to the importance of asset allocation, and what asset classes tend to perform better than others over the long-run. I need not go into the importance of overcoming this mistake as I have written extensively about this possible mistake. Just […]

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Retirement Planning Mistake #5

October 30, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Investors pick individual stocks to build portfolios rather than use index funds.  Our preference is to use commission free ETFs. Next to not following “The Golden Rule of Investing,” the error of not using index funds is likely the biggest mistake investors make.  Remember – The Market is smarter than you are.  While there are […]

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Critical Material, Passive vs. Active, Retirement Planning Tagged With: Critical Material, Retirement Planning

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