Bohr is the Asset Allocation portfolio up for review this morning. As readers will see in a moment, most of the asset classes are below target and that is intentional. With the current stock market this high and so narrowly confined to a few stocks it makes good sense to be cautious. It might be a long wait before the AI stocks implode. In the meantime I will be keeping the asset classes … [Read More...]
Preparing For Retirement Requires Discipline
I wish I could show this post to every new graduate, be they high school or college. The following three screenshots point out just how difficult it is to get ready for those retirement years. In the first slide I lay out the assumptions for this … [Read more]
Feynman Portfolio Study: Part 7
In Parts 1 to 3 of the Feynman Portfolio Study I examined the roles of diversification and optimization in Portfolio Construction. Part 4 focused on the re-balancing of "Classic" US Equity/Bond portfolios and Part 5 introduced the concepts of … [Read more]
The Feynman Study: Part 6-7
Part 6-7 of the Feynman Portfolio Study applies the SHY momentum filter to the Feynman "Momentum" Portfolio introduced in Part 5 of the Study. Also in this Part 6-7, I introduce the concept of allocation weighting based on (momentum) Ranking as an … [Read more]
Weekly Music Recommendation
Photograph: Arches National Park - Image captured just as the sun was rising. My music selection this week is Yo-Yo Ma playing Ennio Morricone. This CD includes some of the most beautiful and haunting compositions ever collected on one platter. As … [Read more]
The Feynman Study: Part 6-5
In Part 6-5 of the Feynman Portfolio Study I continue the theme of Risk Management with application of the SHY momentum filter, introduced in Part 6-4, to the periodically optimized and re-balanced "Dynamic" Feynman Portfolio analyzed in Part 3 of … [Read more]
The Feynman Study: Part 6-4
In this Part 6-4 of the Feynman Portfolio Study I continue the theme of Risk Management as applied to Portfolios described in earlier Parts of the Study. In this Post I switch from the Moving Average filter, as discussed in Parts 6-1 to 6-3 of the … [Read more]
Index vs. Passive Investing
Harold R. Evensky, in his Wealth Management: The Financial Advisor's Guide to Investing and Managing Client Assets book, makes a distinction between index and passive investing. Few readers are unaware of the differences between active and passive … [Read more]
The Feynman Study: Part 6-3
In this last Section of Part 6 of the Feynman Portfolio Study, covering the use of Moving Average (MA) filters as a tool for Risk Management, I apply the 195-Day EMA (ITARR) filter to the Feynman "Momentum" Portfolio introduced in Part 5 of the … [Read more]