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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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Huygens Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 23 August 2024

Huygens is the Asset Allocation portfolio up for review this morning.  While the Huygens is rounding into shape or the various assets are moving toward the recommended balance positions, major price changes, as we have seen over the last week, makes it difficult to keep the asset classes in balance.  Later in this blog I'll explain how I am handling this problem. In portfolios where new money is … [Read More...]

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Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 13 February 2026

February 16, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities continued consolidating in the 6800-7000 range in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) but closing ~1.3% lower than last week's close and near the bottom of the channel: … [Read more]

Copernicus Portfolio Update: 12 February 2026

February 12, 2026 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

Copernicus, the all equity portfolio, is back for an update or review.  I've backed off from investing only in VOO or the S&P 500.  Ten of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 make up 39.1% of the entire index.  Let one of the ten (10) sneeze and … [Read more]

Bethe Portfolio Review: 11 February 2026

February 11, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Bethe is one of numerous Asset Allocation (AA) investing models tracked and managed here at Investment Trend Analysis (ITA).  While the Bethe is not fully in balance, the shares of the different ETFs are making their way toward the target … [Read more]

McClintock Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 10 February 2026

February 10, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

McClintock is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review this morning.  Last Friday the Information Technology sector dropped into the oversold zone so yesterday I purchased shares of VGT.  Of all the sectors, Technology is the most volatile and … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 6 February 2026

February 9, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities, as represented by the SPX (S&P 500 Index), lost ~0.2% on the week but continue to consolidate in the 6900-7000 range after falling below this range earlier in the week and recovering on Friday with support at the 6800 level and … [Read more]

Kepler Asset Allocation Portfolio Update: 6 February 2026

February 6, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Kepler is in the rebuilding phase.  In addition, the asset allocation is one of the most conservative of all the ITA portfolios.  Three of the "most needed" sectors are part of the Kepler and they are:  Health, Utilities, and Consumer Staples.  Even … [Read more]

Gauss Portfolio Update: 5 February 2026

February 5, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

  Gauss is another asset allocation portfolio designed to withstand a major draw-down of equities.  Trailing Stop Loss Orders (TSLOs) are in place for ETFs such as QUAL and RSP. I recently added VIG to the portfolio so it is not yet up to … [Read more]

Pauling Asset Allocation Portfolio: 4 February 2026

February 4, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Pauling is another asset allocation portfolio set up to provide some resistance should we experience a correction or worse, a recession.  The portfolio is slowly rounding into shape where most of the asset classes are close to their target … [Read more]

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