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Millikan Portfolio Review: 25 July 2025

July 28, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Millikan is one of several Asset Allocation portfolios, but with a narrowly defined set of securities.  Currently I am playing it safe as this is an over-heated market.  Playing it safe means that I am overloading the portfolio using the short-term treasury SHV.  Should the market decline I will slowly move back into VOO and […]

Filed Under: Millikan Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Millikan Portfolio

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 1 August 2025

August 2, 2025 By Lowell Herr 1 Comment

  I am pushing the Copernicus review ahead of schedule as I want to see what damage or impact Friday’s selloff had on this equity oriented portfolio.  Low unemployment numbers and the coming tariffs are roiling the U.S. Equities market.  I expect this to continue into next week.  Political uncertainty, threats to institutions, and the […]

Filed Under: Asset Allocation, Copernicus Portfolio, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Performance Tagged With: Copernicus Portfolio

Pauling Portfolio Review: 6 August 2025

August 6, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Pauling is another mini-asset allocation portfolios where the number of ETFs populating the portfolio are limited.  In anticipation of a slower economy when third and fourth quarter economic reports come out, I’ve concentrated on building up short-term treasuries in a number of portfolios. If managing a family portfolio, my recommendation is to diversify across the […]

Filed Under: Pauling Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction Tagged With: Asset Allocation, Pauling Portfolio

Kepler CEF Portfolio Review: 12 August 2025

August 12, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Kepler recently experienced changes in the portfolio makeup.  I moved the Kepler to Closed-End-Funds (CEFs) in an experiment to see how well this investing model might work going forward.  The Kepler is one of the poorest performing portfolios so it made sense to make a change. In this post I will explain how I go […]

Filed Under: Kepler Portfolio, Income, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Kepler Portfolio

Bohr Portfolio Review: 13 August 2025

August 13, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Bohr is another mini-asset allocation portfolio where only a few index ETFs are used to populate the portfolio.  Cash was needed for personal reasons so this account is in a state of flux and will need to be rebuilt over the coming months.

Filed Under: Bohr Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Bohr Portfolio, Portfolio Construction

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 15 August 2025

August 15, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

The Copernicus follows Warren Buffett’s advice to invest the major port of the portfolio in a low-cost index fund that tracks the S&P 500.  Over the last 3.7 years this management approach has paid off very well as readers will see in a moment.  The owner of this portfolios adds a few dollars each month […]

Filed Under: Copernicus Portfolio, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Copernicus Portfolio, Passive Portfolio

Kepler CEF Portfolio Review: 12 September 2025

September 12, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

As one of the poorest performing portfolios, if not the least productive, it was encouraging to see Kepler turn in the top performance in August.  It might be an outlier or the beginnings of a strong future using Closed-End-Funds (CEFs).  The Kepler is certainly a portfolio to watch over the next several quarters. Shares of […]

Filed Under: Kepler Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Kepler Portfolio

Bohr Portfolio Review: 15 September 2025

September 15, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

This is going to be a busy two weeks for portfolio updates as ten accounts are schedule for review.  This morning it is time to check in on the Bohr portfolio.  As readers can see from the pie chart below, the Bohr is holding nearly the entire portfolio in short-term treasuries (SHV).  While this is […]

Filed Under: Bohr Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Asset Allocation, Bohr Portfolio

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