Every year I take a breathe and find a little time to review my portfolios and the systems that I am using to manage those portfolios. As we remind readers almost every month, no system works “best” in all market conditions, and we don’t know what those conditions will be in the future, so it […]
Portfolio Summary: 16 January 2023
This blog post is a review for long-time members. New members may not be aware of the different investing models used here at ITA. The following list does not include the portfolios reported on by Hedgehunter. ITA Wealth Management Portfolios Schrodinger Portfolio: I begin with this one as it is the easiest to manage. The […]
The Argument for Self-Management
ITA Wealth Management is an educational blog designed to help investors of all levels learn how to manage their own portfolios. Numerous models are explained and updated each month. These models vary from the very simple to a few that are more complex. Complex is defined as requiring more judgment and decisions vs. Buy and […]
Response to Comments made by ITA member (John Shelton)
In reaction to my recent Rutherford Review post (https://itawealth.com/rutherford-portfolio-review-tranche-5-21-january-2022/ ) John Shelton commented and asked the following questions: “Thx for the very gloomy report. From a psychological perspective, what influence do these trend parameters have on the BHS buy and sell plans? Those of us who study such things know that the Recency Bias would […]
The True Cost of Management Fees
Sometime in the past I wrote about the true cost of management fees, but that blog post may have been deleted in the process of culling older posts. Regardless, it is time to go through the mathematics of management fees. Let’s walk through an example. Here are the critical assumptions to consider. I will neglect […]
Hindsight is 2021 – A Year-End Retrospective and Lessons for 2022
Portfolio Construction The following screenshot tells us almost all we really need to know about 2021 – it was a great year to invest in US equities: The S&P 500 Index was up 29% on the year with 70 new highs on the way up and only two (short-lived) corrections of over 4%. Likewise, the […]
Thoughts on “Dividend Income Investing” and other Philosophical Topics.
In a recent comment (https://itawealth.com/huygens-portfolio-review-4-october-2021/#comment-31289) an ITA member asked us for our thoughts on an article entitled “8 Reasons Why I’m Not a Dividend Income Investor”. Before addressing these “8 Reasons” I first want to re-iterate the point that we make all the time on this site – no single system will perform better than […]
Constructing a “Core” Investment Portfolio: Part 4 – Fixed Allocation Rebalancing or Risk Parity and Volatility Targeting?
In parts 2 and 3 of this series I described how we might manage our core portfolio by either rebalancing to a fixed asset allocation or by adjusting allocations based on changing volatilities. The two options are not complimentary, so we need to choose one or the other. Which method we use should probably depend […]
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