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I Ran The Numbers And They Work!

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The 2010's was a rough decade for managed futures in nominal terms. 90/40 had a higher CAGR than traditional 60/40 but lower than 60% equities/40% managed futures in Portfolio 3. The advantage that both managed futures portfolios had over traditional 60/40 is how well they did in 2022.

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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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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: Is War Good for Markets?

The Big Picture

Full transcript below. ~~~ Previously : Hirsch’s WTF Forecast: Dow 38,820 (September 28, 2010) Super Boom: Why the Dow Jones Will Hit 38,820 and How You Can Profit From It (April 12, 2011) ~~~ Jeffrey Hirsch is editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac & Almanac Investor Newsletter. The answer might surprise you. Following both wars.

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The Importance Of Diversifying Your Diversifiers

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Mutiny Funds put out a paper on the hows and whys of using alts for The Cockroach Portfolio that they manage and that we've looked at a few times. Picture retiring in 2010 versus 2020. The S&P 500 was down 22% for the 10 years ending 1/1/2010 while the ten years ending 1/1/2020 it was up 189%.

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Market Commentary: Up and Down Week Leaves the S&P 500 Near Flat

Carson Wealth

The late week rebound was supported by better economic data, including some good jobs-related numbers. 2010 had a European banking crisis. The current number remains consistent with the 2018-2019 average, despite a larger labor force now. August is known for volatility and once again, it’s living up to its reputation.

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Do Covered Call Funds Threaten Everything We Hold Dear?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

There was some interesting reading today looking at various portfolio construction and strategy issues. lagged far behind the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBAIX) which is a proxy for a 60/40 portfolio. lagged far behind the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBAIX) which is a proxy for a 60/40 portfolio. For the year, that 1.8%