What is beta and how is it measured? In the context of an investment portfolio, beta refers to a measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market. A beta value greater than one indicates that the stock is more volatile … [Read More...]
Darwin Portfolio Review: 2 June 2023
The Darwin Portfolio is an "All-Weather" portfolio with a dash of volatility. Performance to date (since lowering volatility target levels last November) looks like this: The large "jumps" correspond to periodic allocation adjustments to risk parity … [Read more]
Hawking Portfolio Review: 2 June 2023
The Hawking Portfolio continues to outperform the AOR benchmark Fund over the long term despite giving back a lot of it's lead from the February highs: We are still trying to recover from the ~25% Draw-Down experienced in 2022. Current holdings … [Read more]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 1): 2 June 2023
As I have mentioned in recent reviews of the Rutherford Portfolio I have to take money out of this retirement account so, following last week's review of Tranche 5, I have "retired" Tranche 5 and adjusted the other 4 tranches to $19,000 each - or … [Read more]
Bullish Percent Indicators: 2 June 2023
Friday's strong market turned out to be a positive injection for the U.S. Equities market. International ETFs benefited as well. This reaction to the debt limit solution is reflected in the first screenshot below. What is somewhat surprising is … [Read more]
Schrodinger Portfolio Review: 1 June 2023
The Schrodinger is an excellent portfolio to lead off June as it is a "no decision" portfolio designed for investors who have no interest in the workings of the stock market. Managed by computers at Schwab, the Schrodinger is known as a Robo Advisor … [Read more]
Bethe Portfolio Review: 30 May 2023
Before getting into the review of the Bethe portfolio the photo above reminds me of when Memorial Day was referred to as Decoration Day. This was a day to decorate graves, particularly of fallen war soldiers. Small towns celebrated the day with a … [Read more]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 5): 26 May 2023
US Equities are still having a problem getting through the resistance zone at ~4200 level - despite the strong performance of techology stocks over the past week. The S&P 500 index (SPX) had a volatile week with a small gain: that keeps US … [Read more]
Franklin Sector BPI Plus Update: 26 May 2023
Franklin is the Sector BPI portfolio I'm examining today. Before progressing further I need to warn readers that Yahoo once again fiddled with their downloading codes so the Kipling data is not current. In fact it is a week old. This problem poses … [Read more]
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