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Creating a Recession Proof Portfolio

I recently asked ChatGPT the following.  "Create a five ETF portfolio designed to withstand a major stock market correction and or Financial Repression." Here is the response from ChatGPT. For a five-ETF defensive portfolio, I would emphasize short-duration Treasuries, inflation protection, gold, and a smaller allocation to high-quality equities. The goal is not to eliminate losses—which … [Read More...]

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Gauss Asset Allocation Portfolio Update: 3 April 2026

Gauss holds a similar set of ETFs as the Kepler.  In addition to securities found in the Kepler, three recession resistant ETFs are added.  They are:  Consumer Staples (VDC), Health (VHT) and Utilities (VPU). As with the Kepler I will wait for the SHV April dividends to be declared before selling shares and then placing numerous limit orders for those ETFs well below target.  Under target asset … [Read More...]

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Bethe Portfolio Review: 10 March 2026

March 10, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

  Bethe is the conservative asset allocation portfolio scheduled for review today.  As I look over the current holdings, I may make a change in the future.  One that merits change is to sell QUAL and replace it with SCHD.  This switch would … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 6 March 2026

March 8, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

It was a tough week for US Equiies with significant weakness on Tuesday and continuation to the end of the week that resuted in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing ~2% lower than last week's close: … [Read more]

Kepler Portfolio Review: 6 March 2006

March 6, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Before moving into the Kepler update, I set limit orders for VCR in all three Sector BPI portfolios (Carson, Franklin, & McClintock) as the Consumer sector dropped within a whisker of the 30% oversold bullish mark. Now for the Kepler update.  As … [Read more]

Gauss Portfolio Review: 5 March 2026

March 5, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Gauss is the portfolio up for review today.  The owner of this portfolio is not contributing significant amounts of cash each month so the re-balancing will need to come from dividends and interest income. Gauss is a very conservative portfolio as … [Read more]

Pauling Portfolio Review: 3 March 2026

March 3, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Pauling is an asset allocation portfolio that is slowly working out of a performance deficit.  Over the past few months I have been reworking the asset allocation mix and that work is not quite complete as readers will see in one of the following … [Read more]

Huygens Portfolio Update: 2 March 2026

March 2, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

We begin the month of March with an update of the Huygens.  The asset allocation model is a combination of equities for growth and income ETFs to provide some resistance should we see a major market draw-down.  Below I will explain how I am using … [Read more]

Dirac 2026 Portfolio Review: 27 February, 2026

March 2, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

The objective of the Dirac Portfolio is to outperform the S&P 500 stocks, as represented by the SPY ETF, by rotating between sectors that make up the S&P 500 Index. Current analysis of the component sectors looks like this: with Buy or Hold … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 27 February 2026

March 2, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

It was another relatively uneventful week in the US Equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) remaining in the 6800-7000 consolidation range that it has now been in for ~3 months but with Fridays's weakness resulting in a ~0.4% drop from last … [Read more]

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