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Reworking The Investment Quiver

September 25, 2020 By Lowell Herr

With the majority of ITA portfolios currently recommending no new purchases, now is a good time to rework the investment quiver if you are not completely satisfied with either the Factors or Asset Classes that make up your portfolio.  Think through what asset classes or factors you want to include in the portfolio.  Below are […]

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Is There an Advantage in Splitting a Portfolio into Tranches? – Part 3: REDA Groups with Heikin-Ashi Filter

May 4, 2017 By Lowell Herr

In my last post in this series (https://itawealth.com/advantage-splitting-portfolio-tranches-part-2-reda-groups/) I looked at the performance of a “Rutherford” portfolio where we would equally allocate funds to assets that were classified in the top 3 groups of the REDA rankings. In this post I will again use the REDA group classifications but will add an entry filter requiring […]

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Dividend Champions: A Tranche Momentum Analysis

March 23, 2017 By Lowell Herr

Not all ITA Wealth Management readers use ETFs to build their portfolios.  There are readers who have an interest in dividend oriented individual stocks.  The following analysis walks investors through a group of stocks I pulled off a Seeking Alpha article where the author updates this portfolio on a regular basis. Main Menu:  The analysis […]

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Sector Investing: A Simple Approach

January 30, 2017 By Lowell Herr

Occasionally, I’ll encounter an ITA reader who is interested in constructing a portfolio around sectors.  Those who have read Gary Antonacci’s book, Dual Momentum Investing may recall him stating the following.  “My favorite dual momentum strategy is one that rotates among the strongest U.S. stock market equity sectors.”  This blog is a multi-level explanation of […]

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Dividend Oriented Investors Portfolio

September 23, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Dividend Oriented Portfolio Investors interested in constructing a dividend oriented portfolio will find this blog of interest.  The thirteen (13) ETFs plus SHY that make up this dividend driven portfolio provide global diversification as well as inflation protection.  Within this group of securities we have characteristics found in the “Swensen Six” and “IVY 10.” Tranche […]

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Portfolio Construction From Over 100 ETFs

July 19, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Building a portfolio from over 100 ETFs and 6800 stocks results in the following group of securities.  Beginning with a base of over 100 commission free ETFs from TDAmeritrade and then adding in a few specialized, sector, and commodities plus several highly screen stocks, we narrow the list to the following 15 securities. Tranche Momentum […]

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Top Ranking ETFs and Stocks

May 24, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Based on 5/23/2016 data, the following ETFs and stocks flow to the top of the two ranking models shown below.  The stock screen was tightened this week as I was able to increase the F-Score from 7 to 8, thereby reducing the number of stocks from eight (8) down to three (3).  Those three are: […]

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Splitting Portfolio Into Multiple Parts

May 23, 2016 By Lowell Herr

Reducing portfolio risk is at the forefront of investor thinking after a flat market in 2015.  Momentum principles, as laid out in the Kipling 2.5.1 spreadsheet, do not always work as well as preferred, due in part to the 33-day portfolio review waiting period.  We see the rankings change when we use 12 Portfolio Offsets.  […]

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