Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 10, 2024

We've talked just a couple of times about the market becoming increasingly concentrated which just in terms of math means that a diversified strategy will lag for as long as the big names do well. Despite outperforming for 15 years, PSLDX was down 43% in 2022 which speaks to what diversification is about. In 2022 they didn't work.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. So you’re Chief Investment officer of Asset and Wealth Management. Is that more or less right?

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Darrow Wealth Management

MAY 22, 2023

In fact, the Federal Reserve has raised the upper limit federal funds rate by 5% since the beginning of 2022. Again just using simple math, this presumes the par value will roll over each month and reinvest at the same rate to get to the annual yield. Hold cash or invest? Interest rates have skyrocketed since the end of 2021.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. We also do asset allocation and overlays.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. It depends on your asset allocation.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

After this meteoric multi-year rise, stock values started to come back to earth in 2022, and the rocket ship turned into a roller coaster during January. Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. Source: Calafia Beach Pundit. www.Sidoxia.com.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. And actually Ben Inker is the head of our asset allocation group. Quality strategies in 2022. We, we call asset allocation at GMO.

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