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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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Kepler Portfolio Update: 19 December 2025

Kepler is the portfolio up for review this morning.  Major asset allocation changes are coming to the Kepler for two reasons.  1) The portfolio has been a poor performer.  Therefore adjustments are appropriate  2) The new asset allocation model is designed to be somewhat recession resistant.  I say "somewhat" as I don't think there is going to be any full-proof place to hide in 2026 unless one is … [Read More...]

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Carson Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 8 September 2026

September 8, 2026 By Lowell Herr 7 Comments

Carson is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review today.  The single significant sector move occurred with the Industrial section of the S&P 500.  Industrials came within a whisker of moving into the oversold zone so I used available cash to add … [Read more]

Dirac 2026 Portfolio Review: 4 September 2026

September 7, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities remain in a low volatility sideways consolidation mode that is not ideal for momentum investing but there has not been too much change in the analysis sheet for the Dirac sector portfolio file: Four of the five ETFs currently held in the … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 4 September 2026

September 6, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities returned to their sideways consolidation mode this week: closing only slightly (0.1%) higher than last week's close. We remain in a bullish uptrend channel but are sitting at the bottom of the channel as we wait to see whether the trend … [Read more]

Einstein Portfolio Review: 3 September 2026

September 3, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Einstein is entering its fourth month operating under a new asset allocation mix of ETFs.  The revised allocation is designed to withstand a major equity draw-down.  Here is information on the first three months of operation. June: Loss of 0.92 … [Read more]

Franklin Sector Portfolio Update: 2 September 2026

September 2, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Since the last update of the Franklin Sector BPI portfolio shares of VAW, VDE, VGT, VOX, and VDC were sold out of the portfolio.  Yesterday, Utilities (VPU) dropped into the oversold zone so I added shares of VPU to the Carson, Franklin, and … [Read more]

Bethe Portfolio Review: 1 September 2026

September 1, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Exactly 10 years ago the Bethe was launched.  To permit performance comparisons among the various ITA portfolios 12/31/2021 is the launch date as it was late 2021 when the youngest portfolio began. Over the past 10 years withdrawals were needed by … [Read more]

Schrodinger Portfolio Update: 31 August 2026

August 31, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Schrodinger is an excellent portfolio to close out the month of August.  No new purchases or sales for this Robo Advisor portfolio.  The Schwab computers are doing a fine job managing this passive portfolio. I have the Bohr yet to update today.  … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 28 August 2026

August 31, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US Equities bounced a little this week after last week;s ~5% pullback and a test of the June and July highs at ~7600 that is now looking like a level of support: So, we remain in the bullish uptrend channel and possibly looking for new highs - … [Read more]

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