Gauss is the portfolio up for review today. The owner of this portfolio is not contributing significant amounts of cash each month so the re-balancing will need to come from dividends and interest income. Gauss is a very conservative portfolio as one can see from the low beta value of 0.27. Conservative is defined in this case as low volatility. … [Read More...]
William Bernstein’s Latest E-Book: Getting Rich Slowly
William Bernstein's latest e-Book, If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, is all about regularly investing equal amounts of money using three mutual funds. Those funds are: U.S. Total Stock Market, International Total Stock Market, and … [Read more]
Chopin: 24 Preludes
There are many Chopin: 24 Preludes to choose from. Gregory Sokolov is the artist in this particular and most of the cuts I rate as five stars. Hence my music recommendation for this week. The following review by Scott Morrison mirrors my reaction … [Read more]
The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights
The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights is my classical music recording for the week. Downloading the MP3 version seems to be the only way to capture this music, but it is worth it. Below is a positive review from an Amazon reader. … [Read more]
Beginner Advice: Getting Started With Portfolio Construction
Several days* ago a friend wrote and asked about setting up a portfolio where $500 would be deposited every month. What advice would I pass on to such an investor? The first bit … [Read more]
Useful Website: Transparent Investing
Last evening I was made aware of a useful and interesting website titled, Transparent Investing. Even if you lose track of this blog you will be able to find this site by going to the ITA Blog tab, and then scrolling down to Bookmarks. There you … [Read more]
Living a Dream: Katherine Jenkins
One of my favorite female singers is Katherine Jenkins. Living a Dream is my CD selection for this week and I recommend downloading the MP3 version to save some money. The following Amazon review provides clues as to what to expect to … [Read more]
Scheherazade: Music Selection for This Week
Scheherazade, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, is my CD recommendation for this week. While there are many options available, this particular CD also includes Capriccio Espagnol. This is a Telarc disc and I find their recording … [Read more]
Asset Classes: How Many Should I Own?
With much recent attention given to answering the money managers most perplexing question, what percent of the portfolio should be invested in each asset class, the whole idea of how many asset classes to include in a portfolio has been neglected. … [Read more]
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