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McClintock Sector BPI Portfolio Review: 15 December 2025

McClintock is the Sector BPI portfolio up for review this morning.  The three Sector BPI portfolios are investment models unique to the ITA blog.  For more information on this model, go to the Categories menu found in the right sidebar and look for Sector BPI. While we frequently … [Read More...]

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Asset Allocation Is Not Responsible For 90% of Portfolio Returns

One of the more misunderstood results to come out of the Brinson et al papers is the statement that 90% of a portfolio returns is a result of asset allocation.  This paper by Mitch Tuchman gets it wrong.  Check the first paragraph under Reducing Risk.  90% of a portfolio … [Read More...]

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Five Habits of People In Debt

August 8, 2016 By Lowell Herr

5 Habits of People In Debt Many people don’t realize that poor financial habits are perhaps the biggest contributing factor to falling into debt, rather than personal circumstance. Once you’ve accepted that you have a financial problem and seek help … [Read more]

Portfolio Construction From Over 100 ETFs

July 19, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Building a portfolio from over 100 ETFs and 6800 stocks results in the following group of securities.  Beginning with a base of over 100 commission free ETFs from TDAmeritrade and then adding in a few specialized, sector, and commodities plus several … [Read more]

Splitting Portfolio Into Multiple Parts

May 23, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Reducing portfolio risk is at the forefront of investor thinking after a flat market in 2015.  Momentum principles, as laid out in the Kipling 2.5.1 spreadsheet, do not always work as well as preferred, due in part to the 33-day portfolio review … [Read more]

Test Notification of New Blog Posts

April 13, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Several ITA readers wrote to me telling me that they are no longer receiving notifications of new blog posts.  As the Sysop I log on to the site every day, but this is not convenient for all readers.  Apparently a new plugin upgrade reset the … [Read more]

Beating the Dow With Bonds

April 8, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Several years ago I wrote a review of Michael O'Higgins book, Beating the Dow With Bonds.  O'Higgins made a name for himself with his Dogs of the Dow book.  Both systems are filled with errors.  The following review came to mind as I read Jim Sloan's … [Read more]

Music Recommendations For Easter

March 27, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Easter Music Selections St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion are two pieces of music that quickly come to mind during this Easter season.  While the St. Matthew is the more popular with many listeners, my favorite is the St. John, as there are … [Read more]

Over-Valued Market: Four Critical Indicators

March 13, 2016 By Lowell Herr

ReSolve Asset Management analysts lay out four reasons why the stock market is over-valued.  As investors, we need to pay attention to these long-term indicators.  The links below provide quick access to the numerical values backing the high … [Read more]

The Nasty Mathematics of Volatility

March 12, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Long-time readers of ITA Wealth Management note we are paying more attention to portfolio risk and the volatility of individual securities than we did when this blog first started.  Below is an example of why this is an important concept to consider … [Read more]

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