Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It is a complex fund that at a high level goes long and short various asset classes, pairing various attributes against each other. From the AQR site , QSPIX "aims to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns with low correlation to traditional stock/bond portfolios by investing in a broad and diversified range of alternative risk premia."

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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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Good Financial Cents

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Having enough income-producing assets working in your favor can make it possible to “live rich” – or at least get by – without ever having to clock in for an employer again. These people have income-producing assets spinning off profits or dividends, and they use those funds to pay for their bills and lifestyle.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy ajackson Mon, 11/26/2018 - 08:01 A Letter of Introduction From The Portfolio Managers Brown Advisory is deeply committed to sustainable investing. 30, 2018, our firm managed approximately $4.1 As of Sept. and Brown Advisory Trust Company of Delaware, LLC.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy. Mon, 11/26/2018 - 08:01. A Letter of Introduction From The Portfolio Managers. . 30, 2018, our firm managed approximately $4.1 billion* in client assets under various sustainable investment mandates for individuals, families and institutions. As of Sept.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2018

NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence achen Thu, 05/31/2018 - 09:20 The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the top technology stories in recent years. It should not be assumed that investments in such securities or asset classes have been or will be profitable. Sharpened by both the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2018

NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence. Thu, 05/31/2018 - 09:20. The race is on to lead the world in AI innovation, and a panel of experts at NOW 2018 offered insight on the competitive dynamics between the two global superpowers driving progress in AI. Sharpened by both the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Muni Bonds: Winners in 2018 and Bright Skies Ahead for 2019 ajackson Thu, 02/07/2019 - 08:44 Municipal bonds held their ground in 2018, and truly shined when equity markets were punished during the fourth quarter. Here’s a quick recap of 2018 and our thoughts heading into 2019. Treasury yields in late November and December 2018.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Muni Bonds: Winners in 2018 and Bright Skies Ahead for 2019. Municipal bonds held their ground in 2018, and truly shined when equity markets were punished during the fourth quarter. Rising uncertainty for risk assets, coupled with a favorable mix of healthy demand and limited supply, offer a promising backdrop.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

APRIL 17, 2024

The idea of building an All-Weather portfolio of course has its appeal. The basic idea is to be much less volatile than the broad market or the typical 60/40 portfolio. It raises the question though of how much performance should an investor expect or be willing give up for the potential emotional comfort of an All-Weather portfolio.

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Trade Brains

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The higher the asset quality of banks, the better the state of the economy. Battled Crisis The company, which was once an outperformer and the 5th largest private bank in the country, ran into problems due to stressed assets such as ADAG, Essel Group, and DHFL. 2018-19 ₹ 9,812.51 ₹ 3,460.77 2020-21 ₹ 7,428.35 ₹ 7,383.03

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Investment Writing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Commentary about portfolio performance is part of every investment manager’s communications. It can consist of a single line giving portfolio returns. In this article, I review portfolio performance reports’ common components. In this article, I review portfolio performance reports’ common components.

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Darrow Wealth Management

JULY 1, 2024

In 2018, the brackets dropped to 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 37%. Mortgage interest will once again be tax-deductible on larger loans As a result of the 2017 legislation, between 2018 and 2025, interest on new mortgages is only tax-deductible up to $750,000 of mortgage debt on a primary or second home.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

My interest goes back long before the ReturnStacked ETFs existed and I believe long before the term capital efficiency was common, to Nassim Taleb writing about barbelling returns where most of the risk is allocated to just 10% of a portfolio with the rest in very conservative things like T-bills. Here is some modeling we did on August 19th.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Private Credit: A Surprisingly All-Weather Asset Class. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 09:35. Private credit has experienced a post-recession boom, but with rates rising steadily and default risk possibly increasing as well, some view the asset class with caution. Does the asset class still make sense in this environment?

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Discipline Funds

JULY 21, 2023

You’re buying a long-term asset that is designed to lose money, but will create a very large short-term real return in the case of an outlier risk event. Investment portfolio insurance is a more interesting thought exercise. May 28, 2018). And that is the ultimate form of financial certainty.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

RSST is similar to client/personal holding Standpoint Multi Asset (BLNDX/REMIX) in that both blend equities and managed futures but I think they are targeting different return profiles. The portfolio constituents are labeled on the screen grab. I think that is attributable to a terrible year for 100/100 in 2018.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let’s bring in Professor Aswath Damodaran of NYU School of Business. purely by luck in 2018. I’m Barry Ritholtz, and on today’s edition of at the money, we’re going to explain how to become more savvy about understanding equity values.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 14, 2018

NOW 2018 Conference: Our Investment Team’s Roundtable Recap achen Thu, 06/14/2018 - 10:27 The NOW conference is always memorable, but this year’s conference included some particularly compelling and provocative ideas. Jane Korhonen, a portfolio manager in our Washington, D.C.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 14, 2018

NOW 2018 Conference: Our Investment Team’s Roundtable Recap. Thu, 06/14/2018 - 10:27. I wanted to make sure we considered those ideas and their implications for the portfolios we manage for our clients, with truly open minds. Jane Korhonen, a portfolio manager in our Washington, D.C.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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%

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 26, 2024

I stumbled into an old podcast from Resolve Asset Management that looked at the lack of differentiation from most factors and how to seek out "orthogonality" to get better diversification. And because I think it's related, I wanted to put another simple, Permanent-inspired portfolio on the table to discuss with Portfolio 2.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 27, 2022

The first is from Nomadic Samuel who in a recent post on what I think is his quest to find the perfect portfolio said "When it comes to building portfolios that are prepared for every economic curveball thrown their way allocating assets in a balanced manner is crucial." A couple of thought provoking comments to consider.

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Truemind Capital

JULY 26, 2024

In 2018, we decided to have a Gold allocation of ~15% to all our client’s portfolios owing to macroeconomic developments. When so much money is printed without any underlying asset to back it, it starts losing its value, especially when the interest rates are close to zero.

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The Irrelevant Investor

OCTOBER 17, 2019

trillion in financial assets as of December 2018. of average household assets DC-only households were least likely to trade, with only 6% trading, while 4 in 10 households holding both IRA and taxable accounts traded. Again, only 6% of households with defined contribution accounts made changes to their portfolio in 2018.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Catalyst/Aspect Enhanced Multi-Asset Fund (CASIX) just started trading at the start of the year. It seems to take a page from client/personal holding Standpoint Multi-Asset (BLNDX) by layering managed futures on top of, in this case, a passive 60/40 portfolio. We can backtest this a couple of different ways.

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The Irrelevant Investor

JUNE 15, 2019

trillion in assets. In 2018, 52% of all participants at Vanguard were invested in a single target-date fund. In 2018, 52% of all participants at Vanguard were invested in a single target-date fund. They anticipate that by 2023 80% of all assets at Vanguard will be in an automatic investment program.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 3, 2022

Certainly there are plenty of places in traditional fixed income to hide out while the most volatile parts of the asset class continues to work through whatever it is working through. I think it is important to manage portfolio volatility to reduce the odds of panicking and reduce the odds that client income needs are disrupted.

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Trade Brains

MAY 23, 2023

Fiscal Year Operating Revenue Net Profit 2023 TBA TBA 2022 3,084 256 2021 1,768 127 2020 1,534 70 2019 1,569 72 2018 1,393 76 5-Yr CAGR 17.23% 27.64% (figures in Rs Cr except for CAGR) Profits can rise faster than sales either because of operating leverage or margin improvement. With Laxmi Organic, both factors played their respective roles.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 8, 2022

The last couple of months we've been having a ton of fun looking at what are hopefully very sophisticated portfolios that involve terms like capital efficiency, return stacking and leveraging down (that term is a Random Roger original). Relying on certain cross asset dynamics that usually work always working is a bad bet.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 22, 2020

Oil & Water: Fossil Fuel Divestment in Sustainable Bond Portfolios ajackson Wed, 04/22/2020 - 13:47 To many sustainable investors, owning fossil fuels is a black-and-white issue. MidAmerican owns more wind-powered generation assets than any other U.S. Should an investor looking for a fossil fuel-free portfolio consider this bond?

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 22, 2020

Oil & Water: Fossil Fuel Divestment in Sustainable Bond Portfolios. We have learned that our clients have differing motives—some simply want the comfort of knowing their bond portfolio is “clean,” while others want to invest in bonds that are funding the transition to wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. Conclusion.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 28, 2022

Rodrigo and Mike manage the Rational/Resolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Fund (RDMIX). The fund is a mix of risk parity (there's more to it which we'll get to) as a base, the primary portion of the portfolio. Also "capture the risk premiums associated with being long each asset class." And here's a comparison I built.

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Carson Wealth

AUGUST 12, 2024

We will keep things very simple here, but the Bank of Japan (BOJ) surprised markets with a rate hike which lead to a big move in the yen, which in turn unwound the yen “carry trade,” causing many risk assets to sell off heavily. The current number remains consistent with the 2018-2019 average, despite a larger labor force now.

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The Irrelevant Investor

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

"The economy has changed and investors can no longer rely on a diversified stock-bond portfolio to provide protection in times of market volatility, according to JP Morgan Asset Management." This comes from a recent Bloomberg article, A Diversified Portfolio May Not Help Investors Much This Year. with bonds (U.S.

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Good Financial Cents

MAY 1, 2023

Diversifying Your Contributory IRA Portfolio Diversification is an essential strategy for maximizing the returns of a Contributory IRA account while minimizing risks. Diversification involves investing in a variety of asset classes, such as stocks, bonds, and cash, to spread out the risk and reduce the impact of market volatility.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 15, 2023

One seems to apply trend following to multiple assets including a large weighting to equities and the other looks to provide an absolute return strategy that kicks off an income stream. We wrote a few posts last year about the Rational ReSolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Fund (RDMIX) which is intended to be an all weather strategy.

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