Kepler is the asset allocation portfolio scheduled for a review this morning. The current lineup of ETFs is only three months old so we have little data as to whether this new asset allocation mix will improve the historically poor performance of the Kepler. As currently constructed the portfolio will throw off approximately 4.0% in dividends, and that is without the portfolio being in … [Read More...]
Retirement Requirements: May 2021
What size portfolio is required for a comfortable retirement? There are numerous variables to consider. Here is an example for our fictitious couple. We begin with current data on what the average retirement annual salary is and what the average … [Read more]
How Risky Is Your Portfolio? May 2021
Portfolio risk is a subject I've written about in prior blog posts. It is particularly important now that U.S. Equities are hovering around all time highs and we are entering the summer months when the stock market tends to generate less than … [Read more]
Risk Management: May 2021
With the U.S. Equities market either making or bumping up against new highs, it behooves investors to consider risk management. Here are a few suggestions as to how I am working to protect capital. To illustrate these suggestions, I begin with a … [Read more]
Grading Exams
How does one balance grading exams when teaching in an educational environment that prides itself on downplaying letter grades, while holding students to high standards of excellence? The system below explains the model I used in my last years of … [Read more]
The Elements of Investing: Part III
Chapter three of the Malkiel and Ellis book, The Elements of Investing, contains four parts, all related to diversification. I've written about diversification of the family portfolio over on Seeking Alpha. If interested in this argument, here is … [Read more]
Protected: Modified Kipling Workbook with Risk Ratios
This content is password-protected. To view it, please enter the password below. Password: … [Read more]
The Elements of Investing: Part II
Chapter two of The Elements of Investing covers index investing. When it comes to investing, nobody knows more than the market. William F. Sharpe put is simply in an article many years ago when he wrote - The Arithmetic of Active Management. I … [Read more]
The Elements of Investing: Part I
Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis have written an amazingly simple and short book titled, The Elements of Investing. This compact book hits on all cylinders of investing and the first one is the most important - SAVE. This simply means, follow … [Read more]
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