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 […]
Investing Rules Regardless of Investing Model
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 […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 1 – Buy And Hold
In this series of posts I will attempt to explain how a new investor might go about constructing a “core” portfolio that requires minimum maintenance. I will try to explain why we might want to use certain asset types from which to construct this portfolio, how we might choose to allocate available funds to the […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 2 – Buy And Hold with Periodic Adjustments
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 […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 3 – Risk Parity and Volatility Targeting
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 […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio: Part 4 – Fixed Allocation Rebalancing or Risk Parity and Volatility Targeting?
In parts 2 and 3 of this series I described how we might manage our core portfolio by either rebalancing to a fixed asset allocation or by adjusting allocations based on changing volatilities. The two options are not complimentary, so we need to choose one or the other. Which method we use should probably depend […]
Thoughts on “Dividend Income Investing” and other Philosophical Topics.
In a recent comment (https://itawealth.com/huygens-portfolio-review-4-october-2021/#comment-31289) an ITA member asked us for our thoughts on an article entitled “8 Reasons Why I’m Not a Dividend Income Investor”. Before addressing these “8 Reasons” I first want to re-iterate the point that we make all the time on this site – no single system will perform better than […]
Using Volatility as a Diversifier and a Portfolio Hedge
One of the biggest challenges in Portfolio Construction results from the desire to generate positive returns (within acceptable volatility limits) under any/all market conditions. Our overall objectives are to generate maximum returns with minimum risk. But returns and risk are inexorably linked – with returns tending to be reduced as we reduce risk. We are […]
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