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Long-Term Portfolio for Retiree Who Does Not Require Income or Withdrawals

I requested ChatGPT to create a portfolio for a retiree who does not require income and will most likely be able to live off a pension plus social security.  Below is the response from AI.  Based on the high probability of increases in interest rates I question the wisdom of investing 20% in bonds (BND).  I expected AI to reduce this percentage to something closer to 5% or 10% and move the extra … [Read More...]

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Carson Sector BPI Portfolio: 21 March 2024

"Fund expenses have a direct impact on investment returns." Carson, the oldest Sector BPI portfolio, is the account up for review today.  With U.S. Equities pushing the upper limits no sectors are positioned in the oversold zone.  In these market conditions investments focus of using available cash to populate VTI and VOO.  As you may recall, adding U.S. Equity ETFs to the investment quiver was a … [Read More...]

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Bohr Portfolio Review: 15 September 2025

September 15, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

This is going to be a busy two weeks for portfolio updates as ten accounts are schedule for review.  This morning it is time to check in on the Bohr portfolio.  As readers can see from the pie chart below, the Bohr is holding nearly the entire … [Read more]

Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 12 September 2025

September 13, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities hit more new all-time highs again this week as the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closed up ~1.6% from last week's close: … [Read more]

Kepler CEF Portfolio Review: 12 September 2025

September 12, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

As one of the poorest performing portfolios, if not the least productive, it was encouraging to see Kepler turn in the top performance in August.  It might be an outlier or the beginnings of a strong future using Closed-End-Funds (CEFs).  The Kepler … [Read more]

McClintock Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 10 September 2025

September 10, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

In case you were unaware, all three Sector BPI portfolios are named after women scientists.  All three portfolios are performing quite well and if the Vanguard projection (see link at the bottom of this page) comes close reality these three … [Read more]

Bethe Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 8 September 2025

September 8, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Readers will note a few changes in the asset allocation for the Bethe.  The expansion is in keeping with an equity oriented focus, but allows for a tad more diversity.  Caution continues to make sense and that is why the large holding in short-term … [Read more]

Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 5 September 2025

September 7, 2025 By hedgehunter 1 Comment

After a shaky start on Tuesday, after the Labor Day weekend, US equities rallied for the remainder of the week to close up ~0.3% from last week's close and at new all-time highs: … [Read more]

Gauss Revised Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 5 September 2025

September 5, 2025 By Lowell Herr 4 Comments

Instead of a complete review of the Gauss portfolio, I am laying out a new and expanded asset allocation model for this account.  This new asset allocation plan is global compared to the mini-asset allocation model currently in place.  Check the … [Read more]

Bohr Portfolio Review: 4 September 2025

September 4, 2025 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

Bohr is an Asset Allocation portfolio that is in the rebuilding phase as the owner needed cash for personal reasons over this past year.  Now that the market is quite high and considered overvalued based on the Shiller and Buffett indicators, excess … [Read more]

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