US Equities, as represented by the SPX (S&P 500 Index), ended the week at about the same spot as they were at last week's close despite selling earlier in the week: I suspect this selling might have been a reflection of Fund managers selling losing positions at the end of the quarter to prepare the books for the next quarter and to harvest losses for end-of-year tax reporting purposes. We … [Read More...]
Bethe Portfolio Review: 25 August 2025
Bethe is another mini-asset allocation portfolio up for review. If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you know I am leaning more and more toward capital preservation. This interview with Howard Marks only tilts me further in … [Read more]
Gauss Portfolio Review: 25 August 2025
Gauss is another mini-asset allocation portfolio where only a few ETFs are used to populate the account. In keeping with a "preserve capital" attitude, I have limit orders in place to sell shares of VOO and SCHD. With SCHD I split the sell orders. … [Read more]
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 22 August 2025
In reaction to the Fed's indication of probable interest rate cuts in September, investors pushed the markets higher on Friday, but the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closed only slightly (~0.25%) higher than last week's close and was not able to penetrate … [Read more]
Schrodinger Portfolio Review: 21 August 2025
Once more it is time to review or update the Schrodinger portfolio. This Robo Advisor portfolio continues to perform very well despite the large percentage held in cash. Should we experience a major draw-down, it will be interesting to see how the … [Read more]
Huygens Portfolio Review: 19 August 2025
Little has changed within the Huygens since the last review. No new money was added and the few dividends are being used to purchase another share of SHV. For any readers managing an Asset Allocation portfolio, and using the Kipling spreadsheet, … [Read more]
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 15 August 2025
US equity markets remain bullish and at new all-times highs as they test an important potential resistance level at~6450 in the SPX (S&P 500 Index): … [Read more]
Copernicus Portfolio Review: 15 August 2025
The Copernicus follows Warren Buffett's advice to invest the major port of the portfolio in a low-cost index fund that tracks the S&P 500. Over the last 3.7 years this management approach has paid off very well as readers will see in a moment. … [Read more]
Bohr Portfolio Review: 13 August 2025
Bohr is another mini-asset allocation portfolio where only a few index ETFs are used to populate the portfolio. Cash was needed for personal reasons so this account is in a state of flux and will need to be rebuilt over the coming months. … [Read more]
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