Gauss is the asset allocation portfolio up for review. Few changes are taking place with the U.S. Equities market this high and the overall concern of an overvalued market based on the Shiller PE ratio as well as the Buffett Indicator hovering in “nose bleed” territory. The following analysis explains how I am handling […]
Gauss Portfolio Review: 1 June 2026
I gave ChatGPT the following instruction. Below this sentence is the response from this AI source. If you have access to a different AI program, give it the identical instruction and compare the results. When I tried it with Microsoft the feedback would not specify ETFs. Create a diversified portfolio of 12 to 15 low […]
Gauss Portfolio Review: 29 April 2026
Yesterday the U.S. Equities market took quite a hit. This morning stocks are down again. What is going on to drive down the S&P 500, a good benchmark for monitoring the overall market? Check out this YouTube video. If the video does not start at the beginning, just move the slider back to the starting […]
Gauss Asset Allocation Portfolio Update: 3 April 2026
Gauss holds a similar set of ETFs as the Kepler. In addition to securities found in the Kepler, three recession resistant ETFs are added. They are: Consumer Staples (VDC), Health (VHT) and Utilities (VPU). As with the Kepler I will wait for the SHV April dividends to be declared before selling shares and then placing […]
Gauss Portfolio Review: 5 March 2026
Gauss is the portfolio up for review today. The owner of this portfolio is not contributing significant amounts of cash each month so the re-balancing will need to come from dividends and interest income. Gauss is a very conservative portfolio as one can see from the low beta value of 0.27. Conservative is defined in […]
Gauss Portfolio Update: 5 February 2026
Gauss is another asset allocation portfolio designed to withstand a major draw-down of equities. Trailing Stop Loss Orders (TSLOs) are in place for ETFs such as QUAL and RSP. I recently added VIG to the portfolio so it is not yet up to target. Limit orders are in place to add more shares to […]
Gauss Portfolio Review: 14 January 2026
Gauss is the portfolio scheduled for an update. The latest asset allocation model is designed to be somewhat recession proof – if such an asset allocation is possible. By recession proof, there are several low volatile ETFs that will throw off dividends so as to keep the various assets close to target.
Gauss Portfolio Review: 2 December 2025
December begins with a review of the Gauss portfolio. As the U.S. Equities market moves higher the probability of a reversion to the mean increases. For that reason readers will see a number of ITA portfolio holding bonds and treasuries, although there is likely no place to hide other than to short the market.
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