The Hawking Portfolio is an “Income” portfolio built from Closed-End-Funds (CEFs). As such, it requires very little management, other than to re-invest any dividends paid, except for occasional reviews to check on current yields (min 8% target) and discount/premium to Net Asset Value (NAV). The Portfolio is currently holding 25 CEFs with an estimated annual […]
Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio Review: 3 March 2023
The Kahneman-Tversky Portfolio is a simple Dual Momentum (DM) Portfolio that needs little adjustment/management. The choice is to invest in only one of three ETFs or move to Cash (or SHY). The only “complexity” comes from the fact that the portfolio is split into two portions that use different look-back periods to measure Momentum. Performance […]
Darwin Portfolio Review: 3 March 2023
The Darwin Portfolio is a risk-adjusted allocation model with volatility targeting used to determine how many shares of each asset to hold. The portfolio holds only 5 conventional, but diversified, asset classes plus a 10% holding in a volatility product (depending on whether volatility is expected to increase or decrease) as a portfolio hedge. A […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 3): 3 March 2023
Two really bullish days at the end of the week resulted in a ~2% gain in US Equities as measured by the S&P 500 Index: Although support at 3940 was tested at the beginning of the week there wasn’t enough bearish sentiment to push prices below this level and now, maybe, we are heading back […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 2): 24 February 2023
As we approach the end of February we see that the apparent recovery in US equities may not be as strong as we may have thought. This week saw another drop of ~2.7% in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) from last week’s close and we are now up only 3.4% on the year after hitting […]
Portfolio Performance Data: 24 February 2023
Thus far, February kicked the bullish air out of the January balloon. A few of the ITA portfolios managed to claw back into positive territory in January, only to fall back into the red in February. This information is based on the last 13.5 months of data. Nevertheless, each investment style with exception of the […]
Rutherford Portfolio Review (Tranche 1): 17 February 2023
My apologies for not posting a Tranche 5 review last week but adjustments were made as reported below. Now that I am back from my travels, with reliable internet connections, I will get back to my regular posting schedules. US equities closed relatively unchanged from last week’s close and are still sitting at the center […]
Portfolio Performance Update: 10 February 2023
The following portfolio performance table includes annualized Internal Rate of Return (IRR) data as well as risk information for the 15 portfolios I’m tracking here on the ITA blog. The IRR data (third column from the left) is accurate as of February 10th. The risk or remaining data is accurate as of the date on […]
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