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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.

Schrodinger Portfolio Update: 2 December 2024

December 2, 2024 By Lowell Herr 2 Comments

November was an excellent month for the Schrodinger as it increased more than 5% during this period.  For new readers to the ITA blog, the Schrodinger is based with Schwab and is known as an Intelligent Portfolio.  I refer to this type of portfolio as a Robo

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

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 14 October 2024

October 14, 2024 By Lowell Herr Leave a Comment

This morning I am updating the high risk equity only Copernicus, an investing model designed for young investors or someone who has at least 15 to 20 years of future savings.  High risk is defined as investing only in equities (stocks) while shunning bonds

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

Copernicus Portfolio Review: 29 March 2024

March 29, 2024 By Lowell Herr

Passive investing is the name of the game with the Copernicus portfolio.  The philosophy of the Copernicus is to purchase U.S. Equity ETFs when cash is available and to never sell unless there is an emergency.  One major

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

Schrodinger Portfolio Review: 1 December 2023

December 1, 2023 By Lowell Herr

Are you looking for a portfolio that requires no decisions?  If so, the Schrodinger is for you.  This portfolio was initially set up to answer the question – “Who Will Manage the Family Portfolio When I Die?  The following analysis of this Robo Advisor portfolio answers

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

Pay Attention to Fees: 8 June 2023

June 8, 2023 By Lowell Herr

While I’ve written about management fees in prior blogs, it is useful to think about them again as fees can easily leave an “endowment” on the doorstep of an active manager.  A few readers will remember load funds where the cost to gain access to a fund cost 8.5%. 

Filed Under: Passive vs. Active Tagged With: Fees, Passive Investing.

Copernicus Buy & Hold Portfolio Review: 18 May 2023

May 18, 2023 By Lowell Herr

Copernicus is the only Buy & Hold portfolio managed here on the ITA blog site.  Diversification comes from holding hundreds of companies in the United States.  If one prefers to further diversify this portfolio one would add International Equities (VEU) to the options

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

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