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The 60/40 Portfolio is Back! *after not going away

The Big Picture

Check out these recent headlines about the classic 60/40 investment strategy 1 : The 60-40 Investment Strategy Is Back After Tanking Last Year BlackRock Ditches 60/40 Portfolio in New Regime of High Inflation Why a 60/40 Portfolio Is No Longer Good Enough The 60-40 portfolio is back Sorry, but all of these headlines utterly miss the point.

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How Many Bear Markets Have You Lived Through?

The Big Picture

2000-13 : Secular bear market did not make new highs until March 2013 2018 : ~20% pullback as the economy slowed, FOMC hiked. My portfolio was tiny; I had no 401k, and my wife’s 403(b), with less than a decade’s worth of contributions, was barely 5-figures.

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At the Money: Managing a Portfolio in a Higher Rate Environment

The Big Picture

Investors should be considering capturing some of that yield in their portfolios. We’re going to discuss how these changes are likely to affect your portfolios and what you should do about it. My stock portfolio is recovering. In this new interest rate regime, TINA is no more. amongst institutional traders.

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What Is In Your Control?

The Big Picture

Year to date, the S&P 500 is down more than 23%; the Russell 2000 small caps are off more than 26%; Emerging markets are down almost 28%; and the Nasdaq Tech index is off more than 31%. Portfolio. Around the world, markets lost 5% or worse just last week. Asset Economy. Inflation. Federal Reserve. Corporate Earnings. Volatility.

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Monday links: a tortured existence

Abnormal Returns

capitalspectator.com) The Nasdaq 100 has outpaced the Russell 2000 by over 20% in 2023. nytimes.com) ETFs Model portfolio shifts can have a big effect on ETF flows. Markets How major asset classes performed in April 2023. twitter.com) Crypto Gary Gensler's SEC has been busy. riaintel.com) The pace of ETF launches has slowed of late.

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Top Indian Stocks Held By Goldman Sachs – Portfolio Analysis!

Trade Brains

In FY23 the company has 2000 employees and offers 11 products across 7 segments and maintains 19 years of average relationship tenure with top 10 largest customers. The post Top Indian Stocks Held By Goldman Sachs – Portfolio Analysis! 370 crore to Rs. 1,630,031 67.4 Cr Sula Vineyards Ltd 3,989.9 1,896,027 90.3 1,410,558 82.8

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What Does the Relative Performance of Equal Weight S&P500 Mean?

The Big Picture

Desmond loved to ask professional portfolio managers “What percentage of stocks would you expect would be making new highs at the top day of the bull market when the Dow Jones was making its absolute high?” The typical answers were in the 60, 70, 80% range. The actual answer was less than 6%.