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Gauss Portfolio Review: 5 March 2026

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...]

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Tweaking Sector BPI Plus Investing Model: Part II

Sufficient additions or modifications have occurred since launching the original Sector BPI investment model that it now makes sense to summarize how one manages these portfolios.  Here is the step by step process I go through when I review or update a Sector BPI … [Read More...]

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ETF Rankings: VEU and IDV Lose Ground

January 22, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Two international ETFs lost ground over the last few trading days.  Both VEU and IDV are now performing below SHY as Platinum members can see from the rankings table shown below. ETF Rankings:  Based on the following data we will continue to lower … [Read more]

Risk Parity: A 60/40 Stock/Bond Portfolio Is Not Conservative

January 17, 2014 By Lowell Herr

This blog will make a lot more sense if you are able to capture and read Edward Qian's article, Risk Parity Allocation.  This blog post is a brief description of how risk is calculated.  This not for the mathematically squeamish, but the concept is … [Read more]

Rossini Overtures: CD Recommendation for 12 January 2014

January 12, 2014 By Lowell Herr

If you are looking for rousing and energetic classical music, the Rossini Overtures fit the requirement.  There are many recordings to choose from and here are three that I own. Rossini: Complete Overtures conducted by Neville Marriner Rossini: … [Read more]

Tactical Asset Allocation: Does It Make Sense?

January 9, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Here is the link to a particularly useful article for ITA readers.  As you read the article, pay particular attention to the fundamentals that provide clues as to whether or not the market is likely to generate lower than average, average, or above … [Read more]

Strategic Asset Allocation: A Starting Point For Portfolio Construction

December 29, 2013 By Lowell Herr

Much is made of the importance of asset allocation here at ITA Wealth Management.  Long-time readers are familiar with the general layout of the portfolios and new readers will find more information by doing a search for "Dashboard."  Not all … [Read more]

Excellent Music from All Classical in Portland, Oregon

December 24, 2013 By Lowell Herr

If you wish to listen to excellent music for a few more days, bring up this URL on your computer or SONOS system. http://www.allclassical.org  and click on Listen. … [Read more]

Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Counterpoint Christmas Music

December 22, 2013 By Lowell Herr

One of my favorite Christmas CDs is Counterpoint: Christmas in Vermont.  I was surprised to find only one review on Amazon, but this reviewer matches my opinion of the recording. "Counterpoint is a twelve-member choral group based in Vermont, … [Read more]

Why Use Index Funds?

December 12, 2013 By Lowell Herr

The Power of Index Investing Why are 80% to 85% of all investors wrong?  Could it be the power of advertising and greed?  What do I mean when I say a high percentage of investors have it all wrong?  Simple!  The majority of investors … [Read more]

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