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Copernicus Portfolio Review: 4 December 2024

December 4, 2024 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Next to the Schrodinger the Copernicus is the easiest portfolio to manage as it is an all equity account using VOO and VTI as the primary investment securities.  By focusing on equities such as VOO the goal is to keep pace with the S&P 500 index

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

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 19 December 2024

December 19, 2024 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Keep it simple is the philosophy of the Copernicus portfolio.  Invest only in U.S. Equities such as VOO and VTI and never sell unless there is an emergency.  Keep cash levels low and expenses to a minimum.  One reason for including ESGV as

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

Schrodinger Portfolio Review: 2 January 2025

January 2, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

While this Schrodinger post is going up on January 2nd, the data is accurate as of 31 December 2024.  The overall performance is quite strong despite the four percentage point loss in December.  This post of the Schrodinger marks the three-year point of data collection.  Overall, the results

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

2025: A Year To Simplify

January 7, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Just as Hedgehunter is making a few portfolio changes, 2025 is a year for a few changes in several ITA portfolios.  Those that will remain unchanged, at least for now, are:  Copernicus, Schrodinger, and Carson.  Each of these three portfolios uses a different investing model. Copernicus:  Invest

Filed Under: Beginning Investors, Asset Allocation, Passive vs. Active, Portfolio Management Tagged With: Portfolio Management

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 21 January 2025

January 21, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin Copernicus is one of the easiest portfolios to manage as all one does is invest available cash in U.S. Equities.  Never sell unless there is an absolute emergency. If one were to simplify the Copernicus I would

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

Pauling Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 22 January 2025

January 22, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

Asset Allocation is a long-standing portfolio management model.  What sets such portfolios apart is the choice of assets used to populate the portfolio.  Readers will find the Pauling is well diversified across many different asset classes giving exposure to different size stocks, international equities as well as

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

Gauss Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: 5 February 2025

February 5, 2025 By Lowell Herr 3 Comments

Gauss is not scheduled for a review until later this month, but since I am shifting this account from a Sector BPI investing model over to a simplified Asset Allocation investing model, I need to get started on the rebalancing process.  The following analysis will walk readers

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

Millikan Asset Allocation Portfolio Update: 5 February 2025

February 5, 2025 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

The Millikan portfolio is the other Sector BPI portfolio I am switching to a simplified asset allocation investment model.  It will likely take a few more reviews before the portfolio is in balance. The current beta is 0.71.  When in total balance the beta should drop below

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

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