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Pauling Portfolio Review: 7 August 2026

  "The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily." - Charlie Munger Before getting into the analysis let me apologize for the blog being down.  Apparently one of the plugins interfered with the site loading.  Fortunately this blog site is housed where there is excellent support. Now on to the analysis of the Pauling.  Over the last few months I have been adjusting … [Read More...]

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Improving the Sector BPI Investing Model

If you were paying attention to the last screenshot of the Bethe review earlier this morning, you noticed that VTI was a negative contributing factor to portfolio performance while VOO added little to the IRR value.  Only ESGV played an important role and that was likely due to the period when it was part of the portfolio. While the Sector BPI Plus investment model is working in line with the … [Read More...]

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Einstein Portfolio Update: 14 July 2026

July 14, 2026 By Lowell Herr 2 Comments

What to do with a poor performing portfolio?  Advice to the owner of the Einstein is to continue to add money to the portfolio and work toward keeping the various asset class close to target.  Instead of concentrating on the Internal Rate of Return, … [Read more]

Pauling Portfolio Update: 13 July 2026

July 13, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

  The Pauling is another portfolio undergoing asset allocation changes in an effort to both improve performance while providing additional protection against a major market draw-down.  Interest rates moved up for the 30-year bond as there … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 10 July 2026

July 12, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equity markets rose ~1.4% this week from last week's close but remain in a consolidation range between ~7300 and 7600 in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) with ~7500 seeming to be a significant support/resistance level within this range: … [Read more]

Franklin Sector BPI Portfolio Update: 10 July 2026

July 10, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Franklin is one of three Sector BPI portfolios tracked here on the ITA educational blog.  Investors interested in this model should follow the Carson and McClintock portfolios as well as this one.  In addition, when there is a Buy or Sell … [Read more]

Bethe Portfolio Redesigned: 9 July 2026

July 9, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Bethe is one of the more interesting portfolios to track as it is undergoing a transformation when it comes to the asset allocation mix.  What I am doing with this portfolio is setting up a group of ETFs that are designed to resist the coming market … [Read more]

Schrodinger Portfolio Update: 8 July 2026

July 8, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Schrodinger is the Robo Advisor (RA) portfolio housed with Schwab.  This computer managed portfolio is performing exceptionally well despite carrying between 7% and 8% cash at all times.  I highly recommend a family include at least one RA portfolio … [Read more]

Bohr Portfolio Review: 7 July 2026

July 7, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more]

Dirac 2026 Portfolio Review: 2 July 2026

July 5, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

I only made one adjustment to the Dirac Portfolio this week by selling my position in XLB (Materials) as both momentum and acceleration turned negative … [Read more]

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