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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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Analyzing Sector BPI Investing Model Sector By Sector: 29 June 2023

As we near the end of the second quarter I thought readers might find it useful to see some data as to how well the different sectors performed when used in the Sector BPI Plus model.  What I did was use the Investment Account Manager (IAM) commercial portfolio tracking program to group the four Sector BPI portfolios together.  Rather than "cherry pick" the top performing portfolio I combined all … [Read More...]

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Huygens Portfolio Review: 28 August 2026

August 29, 2026 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

Few changes are planned for the Huygens, a portfolio set up to withstand a major drawdown.  A large percentage of the portfolio is dedicated to short-term treasuries, dividend oriented and inflation protection ETFs. Huygens Security Holdings Below … [Read more]

McClintock Sector BPI Update: 26 August 2026

August 26, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

This morning I posted that Materials is nearly 70% bullish so I set 3% Trailing Stop Loss Orders under VAW for the Carson, Franklin, and McClintock.  As readers will see in a moment, several sectors struck the TSLO mark so we end up with over $10,000 … [Read more]

Bohr Portfolio Update: 28 August 2026

August 24, 2026 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

In place of a complete review this blog post will focus in how I am reworking the asset allocation for the Bohr portfolio.  This new asset allocation mix is in preparation for a major market draw-down.  The focus is to set up a low volatile portfolio … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 21 August 2026

August 23, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

US markets took a break this week with no new all-time highs: The SPX (S&P 500 Index) has pulled back ~1.5% to test previous highs at ~7620 and we will wait to see whether this previous resistance (now potential support) level holds and we … [Read more]

Millikan Portfolio Review: 20 August 2026

August 20, 2026 By Lowell Herr 4 Comments

If you are looking for a conservative portfolio look no further than the Millikan.  Before digging into the Millikan details, just a word about the above photo.  There is an 11 million dollar renovation project under way where we are living and the … [Read more]

Copernicus Portfolio Update: 18 August 2026

August 18, 2026 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

For a number of years the management model for the Copernicus was to invest in the S&P 500 or similar broad based index ETFs.  In the last few months as the U.S. Equities market hit new high after new high I stepped back from investing so heavily … [Read more]

Gauss Portfolio Update: 17 August 2026

August 17, 2026 By Lowell Herr 5 Comments

Gauss is the Asset Allocation portfolio up for review today.  Changes since the last review show a move from holdings in gold to short-term treasuries.  The idea is to provide more income in addition to preparing for a possible market correction.  A … [Read more]

Darwin 2026 Portfolio Review: 14 August 2026

August 16, 2026 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

It was another bullish week in the US Equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) again hitting new all-time highs: Despite the 3-month sideways consolidation through May-July (Sell in May and go away ....) we are still clearly in an uptrending … [Read more]

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