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Let's Have Some Fun(d)!

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

It backtests to 2014. I've been critical of the actual FIG ETF, the Simplify Macro ETF, it is really struggling but I think the fund's idea for asset allocation works for the most part. We don't spend a ton of time talking about Sharpe Ratios but yikes, that is a huge difference for the same asset allocation.

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Weekend Reading – Is Inflation Dead?

Discipline Funds

according to Siegel (2014). And the only way that disaster happens is if your financial planner is making irrational projections about asset returns and your asset allocation. The worst narrative in finance is this idea that stocks generate 10%+. The reality is that stocks have averaged about 4.4%

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Everything you need to know about NSE IPO

Trade Brains

It was named Indian Exchange of the Year for 2014 by Futures & Options World. The exchange also received the CII EXIM Bank Excellence Prize in 2014 and 2016. Other honors include the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Certificate of Merit for 2014. Indian households traditionally invested most savings in physical assets.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jul’23

Truemind Capital

We continue to stay under-allocated to equity (check the 3rd page for asset allocation) at the current valuation levels. Real estate prices in India have seen a jump in a few regions after a lull period from 2014 to 2021 on the back of rising income levels and the increasing appetite of investors to park surpluses.

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How Americans Save

The Irrelevant Investor

There has been a pretty steep drop-off in participation for people under 25 years old, from 57% in 2014 to 38% in 2017. 18,500, $24,500 for people 50 or older) The chart below shows overall asset allocation in these plans. Finally, the chart below breaks down account balance by income and age. There is way too much of it.

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Are 0dte Funds A Bigger Threat To Human Life Than AI?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (XYLD) has been around since 2014 and while it has lagged the plain vanilla S&P 500 badly, its annualized total return is still 5.78%. They build out a few different types with various allocation percentages for each type.

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Diamonds In The Rough

Brown Advisory

Within the $450 billion high-yield market, less than 60% of high-yield bonds sell for more than face value compared with more than 90% in June 2014. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. The low volume indicates a reluctance among investors to roll over debt for stressed companies.

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