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Beginner Advice: Getting Started With Portfolio Construction

March 15, 2014 By Lowell Herr

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

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The Elements of Investing: Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis

September 3, 2015 By Lowell Herr

The Elements of Investing is a small investment book patterned after the very popular book on writing, The Elements of Style.  There are five primary sections to this book and they are as follows. It All Starts With Saving Index Diversify Avoid Blunders Keep It Simple There are many

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What Is On The Other Side Of The 3 x 5 Card?

February 1, 2017 By Lowell Herr

What is on the other side of the 3 x 5 investment card that you can make use of as an investor?  To capitalize on this information, go back and read the basics found on the 3 x 5 card.  The links to these two blogs provide overall

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New to ITA Wealth Management?

June 17, 2021 By Lowell Herr

Are you new to ITA Wealth Management?  If so, here are a few hints to effectively use this blog site.  Find the Category “Beginning Investors” and read that material.  Use Category to find “Critical Material.”  Make use of the Search engine.  Look for the little

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Beginning to Advanced Investors: 4 December 2021

December 4, 2021 By Lowell Herr

There are times when one needs to step out of the weeds of investing and take a fresh look at portfolio construction.  Most readers of ITA Wealth Management have been with us for a number of years, some going as far back to 2008 when this blog

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ITA Portfolios: Breaking The Models Into Groups

December 5, 2022 By Lowell Herr

Sixteen portfolios are currently under management at ITA Wealth Management.  This does not include portfolios managed by Hedgehunter.  This blog post explains to readers how the different portfolios are handled or managed.  Each of the sixteen portfolios are reviewed at least every 33 calendar days.  Several, such as the

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Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio Review: 30 December, 2022

January 1, 2023 By hedgehunter

The Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio, that uses the simplest Dual Momentum (DM) model to select one asset from a basket of three, did not perform particularly well in 2022: closing down ~18.4% on the year. While this is slightly less than the ~20% drop in value

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Darwin Portfolio Review: 6 January 2023

January 9, 2023 By hedgehunter

The Darwin Portfolio is a relatively inert portfolio in that all assets in the portfolio quiver are held continuously (Buy-and-Hold) in allocations designed to keep the risk from each asset at defined levels as calculated from volatility measurements over time. Throughout most of 2022 I

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