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Mistakes That Compound in the Markets

A Wealth of Common Sense

She’s been with [advisor name redacted] since October 2010 and has a 2.61% annual return. A reader asks: I recently started looking at my mother-in-law’s retirement account. According to their chart, the S&P 500 had a 12.95% annual return during that same period.

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Is Managed Futures The Next Iomega?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

I am absolutely a believer in the strategy even though it generally did poorly for most of the 2010's. Adam is part of the team that manages the Rational/Resolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Fund (RDMIX). We've written a lot about managed futures during this bear market as well as during the financial crisis.

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My Favorite Charts

The Irrelevant Investor

global investors for the first time since 2010. investors who allocate to emerging markets. Asset allocation- never the best, never the worst, usually good enough. A falling dollar was a tailwind for U.S. That's a lot of green. Eurozone unemployment is going in the right direction. A sustained bounce could help U.S.

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Two Most Important Fundamentals for Sector/Theme Investing

Truemind Capital

HUL share price generated no returns over the 10 years period from the year 2000 to 2010 despite decent growth in revenues 2. Another way is taking the help of fee-only investment advisors to guide you with the right investments and asset allocation at fair prices which are suitable to your risk profile and investment objectives.

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How Working with a Financial Advisor Helps You Retire with More Wealth

WiserAdvisor

They help with asset allocation Asset allocation is an important component of successful retirement planning, and working with the best financial advisors for retirement can provide invaluable guidance in navigating this complex terrain. The value of rebalancing extends beyond just maintaining asset allocation.

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Be Good Enough

The Irrelevant Investor

Creating the proper asset allocation and staying with it has a much bigger impact on your returns than selecting the best performing funds within those asset classes. decline in 2008, sat out 2009, and returned to the model in 2010. The good enough portfolio captured 93% of the value as the perfect portfolio.

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Nouriel Roubini Enters The ETF Fray

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

There's no fact sheet yet and while the holdings are available, the asset allocation is vague without calculating the spreadsheet yourself which I did (hopefully correctly). It has been challenging as we've talked about in other posts recently but I believe the 2010's were even worse. Offering diversified exposure to U.S.