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...]
The Golden Rule of Investing
The Golden Rule of Investing is simply, “Save as much as you can as early as you can.” The operative word is early. William J. Bernstein lays it out in stark language in his book, “The Investor’s Manifesto“ where he writes, “Each dollar you do not … [Read more]
New Content Notification
Several readers contacted me about new blog post notifications. New content was not reaching readers unless they logged into ITA Wealth Management. This post is a test of a new plugin to see if this note reaches ITA readers. If you see this post … [Read more]
Portfolio Benchmarking: Looking Beyond Portfolio Returns
In the process of cleaning up this blog, I lost some critical posts and a few related to bench-marking. Fortunately, I posted an important article on this subject over on Seeking Alpha. Here is the link to one benchmarking article. Check it … [Read more]
Where Did All The Posts Go?
If you are pondering over where all the blog posts went, here is an explanation as best I am able to reconstruct. I was in the process of deleting old portfolio reviews from back in 2013 through 2015 as they were no longer useful. I was doing … [Read more]
Reworking The Investment Quiver
With the majority of ITA portfolios currently recommending no new purchases, now is a good time to rework the investment quiver if you are not completely satisfied with either the Factors or Asset Classes that make up your portfolio. Think through … [Read more]
Absolute Acceleration
Members occasionally ask for more information on how the the Absolute Acceleration value used in the Kipling SS's is calculated. This post should answer this question. The Calculation The intent of the absolute acceleration (AA) calculation is … [Read more]
Is There an Advantage in Splitting a Portfolio into Tranches? – Part 4: Combining Momentum with Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA)
In previous posts in this series I have used equal (dollar) weighting to determine fund allocations to selected qualifying assets. When Lowell first started this blog (and before I corrupted it with momentum ? ) it was focused directly on passive … [Read more]
Over-Valued Market: Four Critical Indicators
Critical Metrics Signal Market Warnings Back in March of 2016 I wrote a blog presenting data related to an over-bought market at that time. Today's post (Part 2) is an update and review of that information. U.S. Equities have not cooled … [Read more]
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