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Copernicus Portfolio Update: 24 December 2025

Merry Christmas Copernicus is the last portfolio up for review before Christmas.  The major change is to reduce holdings in VOO and shift the percentage over to RSP.  The reason for this move is to reduce exposure to mega-cap stocks that are over-valued and to increase exposure to mid- and … [Read More...]

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Charles Ellis: Loser’s Game of Stock Picking

Let’s revisit Charles D. Ellis’ 1995 paper, “The Loser’s Game,” where he describes his Break-Even Return (BER) equation. Here is a review of this equation. BER = [(Turnover percentage x Transaction Cost) + Management Fee + Target Return]/Market Return It is quite easy to set up this equation in an Excel spreadsheet and play around with different variables. … [Read More...]

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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 … [Read more]

Huygens Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 11 April 2025

April 11, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Huygens is one of numerous portfolios managed using the time tested Asset Allocation approach.  While different asset classes or even different securities might be used, the basic approach is to diversify across the globe.  Readers see this is the … [Read more]

Carson Portfolio Update: 10 April 2025

April 9, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

  The following data was scheduled for publication at least one day ago, but I was distracted due to the market plunge.  This portfolio is the oldest of the Sector BPI portfolios, but it has not been through a volatile market such … [Read more]

Franklin Portfolio Update: 8 April 2025

April 8, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Stay the course.  Stick with the investment plan.  That is the advice I am following with the Franklin Sector BPI portfolio in this update.  Shares of SHV were sold to raise cash in order to populate the sectors currently in the oversold zone.  … [Read more]

Bullish Percent Indicators: 4 April 2025

April 5, 2025 By Lowell Herr 5 Comments

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H. L. Menckken In all the years I've been tracking the Bullish Percent Indicators (BPI), as shown below, I never witnessed such a … [Read more]

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 28 March 2025

March 28, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

With this portfolio review of the Copernicus comes a few adjustments.  I am adding SCHD to the existing asset classes and altering the recommended percentages to invest in each.  No plans are in the works to sell off any securities that are over … [Read more]

Millikan Portfolio Review: 20 March 2025

March 20, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Investors with minimum available time for portfolio management will find the Millikan, as well as several other ITA portfolios, of interest when saving for retirement.  This portfolio focuses on four ETFs.  VOO is our standard ETF to track the … [Read more]

Carson Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 19 March 2025

March 19, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

There was snow on the ground when the Carson was last reviewed.  Now here we are in the Spring of 2025 and it is time to update this Sector BPI portfolio.  In this volatile market we are testing the proposition that sectors that hit the oversold … [Read more]

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