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Is The 75/50 Portfolio Now Attainable?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

With that preamble, I started thinking about the 75/50 portfolio that I first started writing about during the Financial Crisis. I've mentioned 75/50 a couple of times in passing but the big idea was to create a portfolio that captures 75% of the upside of the equity market with only 50% of the downside. ARBFX 3.7%

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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. This is not the 2009, 2010 to 2020 period where basically all you needed was.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

Top clicks this week How Morgan Housel invests his portfolio. capitalspectator.com) The credit markets are very different than they were in 2009. etf.com) The hardest thing about being an investor is deciding what to focus on. behaviouralinvestment.com) Why selling a stock is harder than buying.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

The dotcom top, the double bottom in Oct 02-March 03; the highs in 2007, the lows 2009. Luck : I put luck last because it’s so often overlooked. Consider what you would have had to do over the past 2 decades to be a successful timer.

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MiB: Bill Dudley, NY Fed Chief

The Big Picture

Dudley explains how he became President of the NY Fed in January 2009 — right in the heart of the GFC. He also serves as Senior Portfolio Manager for all long equity strategies and is a member of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Global Investment Committee. He describes that as a turning point in the banking crisis.

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A Few Thoughts On Diversification Strategies

Fortune Financial

It has been my experience when reviewing portfolios that diversification is typically expressed simply as a number of various stocks owned, or owning a handful of asset classes, usually stocks of various sizes and geographies, and bonds of varying maturities.

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MiB: Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine Deputy CIO

The Big Picture

Sherman oversees and administers DoubleLine’s investment management subcommittee; serves as lead portfolio manager for multisector and derivative-based strategies; and is a member of the firm’s executive management and fixed-income asset allocation committees. He is host of the podcast The Sherman Show and a CFA charter holder.