In the first two parts of this series on portfolio construction I have focused on simplicity in terms of the number of assets that might be included in the portfolio and the level of management effort required to monitor and maintain the portfolio so as to generate acceptable returns. I have addressed risk at the […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio : Part 2 – Buy And Hold with Periodic Adjustments
In Part 1 of this series of posts (https://itawealth.com/constructing-a-core-investment-portfolio-part-1-buy-and-hold/) I described how a new investor (or an investor wishing to change their current portfolio structure) might set up a simple Buy-And-Hold portfolio of ETFs that requires little or no management. The portfolio consisted of only four ETFs that were equally weighted and could be considered […]
Investing Rules Regardless of Investing Model
There are a few basic investing principles that apply regardless of what investing model is used to manage the portfolio. Save early. Take advantage of the power of compounding and get dollars working as early as possible. Don’t feel you need a large sum of money to get started. Keep costs to a minimum. Morningstar […]
Dual Momentum Investing by Gary Antonacci
Dual Momentum is a combination of Relative Strength Momentum and Absolute Momentum. Relative strength momentum compares the trend of one security with respect to another security. Platinum members are familiar with this concept as we are always comparing the strength (price performance) of one ETF with another ETF. Absolute momentum or absolute acceleration examines the […]
How Risky is Your Portfolio? – Another Perspective
Last week, Lowell posted a blog asking the question “How Risky is Your Portfolio?” and reminded us that portfolio returns are a function of the expected returns from the assets in our “quiver” and the risk associated with these assets as represented by their volatility. I thought I would try to provide another perspective on […]
The Elements of Investing: Part II
Chapter two of The Elements of Investing covers index investing. When it comes to investing, nobody knows more than the market. William F. Sharpe put is simply in an article many years ago when he wrote – The Arithmetic of Active Management. I find it humorous that Sharpe did not use the word mathematics in […]
The Elements of Investing: Part I
Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis have written an amazingly simple and short book titled, The Elements of Investing. This compact book hits on all cylinders of investing and the first one is the most important – SAVE. This simply means, follow The Golden Rule of Investing. A Charles Dicken’s character, Wilkins Micawber, came […]
The Golden Rule of Investing
The Golden Rule of Investing is simply, “Save as much as you can as early as you can.” The operative word is early. William J. Bernstein lays it out in stark language in his book, “The Investor’s Manifesto“ where he writes, “Each dollar you do not save at 25 will mean two inflation-adjusted dollars that […]
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