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What Should I Do If I Sell My House or Come Into An Inheritance?

April 11, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

The answer to the above question of what to do with a sizable infusion of new cash has multiple answers.  This blog lays out one path for individuals fortunate enough to be faced with this question.  The following plan assumes one does not need this money for living expenses,

Filed Under: Critical Material, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

Buffett Indicator & Shiller PE Ratio

May 2, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Canyonland National Park Over the last few weeks I’ve been setting Trailing Stop Loss Orders (TSLOs) for VTI, VOO, and SCHG when portfolios holding these securities come up for review.  The tariff wars are causing market uncertainty, but tariffs are not the only reason for setting TSLOs.  Erratic administration behavior

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Selecting Closed End Funds (CEFs)

May 31, 2025 By Lowell Herr 8 Comments

Thanks to Lee Cash, more information is available when it comes to identifying which CEFs to include in a portfolio.  Below are the two primary screens I will be using in the future to aid in the selection of CEFs. The first Internet source [CEF Connect] is one

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

Recession: Will Equities Drop In The Next 18 Months?

November 18, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

There are two reasons for posting this blog. With Recession in the title, readers a year from now can Google the word and come up with this post showing when ITA was sounding the alarm for the coming recession – or worse.  In fact, I

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Gifting a Grandchild

December 29, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

What advice would you give a grandparent who would like to launch a retirement portfolio for one or more grandchildren?  To begin the discussion, assume the proposed gift is $25,000.  Should it be given as a lump sum or spread out over a period of time? Here are

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Asset Allocation, Critical Material, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Portfolio Management

Darwin 2026: 2 January 2026

January 4, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

I have reset the Darwin Portfolio to a $100,000 investment portfolio with small changes to the asset list (“quiver”) and the introduction of a new algorithm for trading in 2026. This post outlines these changes and my plans for managing this portfolio going forward. Background I have

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