Dear Mr. Market

MARCH 11, 2023

We’re proud to say that My Portfolio Guide, LLC was the first investment firm to publish a March Madness investing bracket where we share our picks and match them up against each other. Click here or below to enlarge and see the entire bracket for 2023. That being said, this is very much worthy of a long-term investment.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

But what was interesting about that was the quick need to both separate the portfolio between the old stuff and the new stuff, because there were a lot of new investment opportunities. So you’re Chief Investment officer of Asset and Wealth Management. So you’re Chief Investment officer of Asset and Wealth Management.

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Discipline Funds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Macroeconomic Overview Our macroeconomic forecast for 2023 called for a year of disinflation and “muddle through” That means we expected the economy to remain sluggish and for inflation to show positive rates of change that were sequentially slower. Here’s our latest strategic update given recent changes for Q4 and beyond.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 9, 2023

Asset allocation for a year where bonds offer the most attractive returns they have compared to the expected returns for stocks in decades. MORE ON THIS TOPIC 2023 Asset Allocation Perspectives and Outlook We are pleased to share Brown Advisory’s 2023 Outlook. multinationals and aggregate demand.

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 22, 2025

But what does this mean for your portfolio, and how can you continue to protect and grow your assets during these times? How Volatility Affects Investment Returns Volatility can send the value of your portfolio on an uncomfortable roller coaster ride. You can also further diversify within an asset class.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 30, 2025

For the last couple of years, I think a lot of people gravitated to just using market cap weighted in their accounts, that seems like it has been the conversation and for 2023 and 2024 the returns for MCW have been great. It was no more valid in 2023 as it was in 2022. Speaking of AI, Grok seems to like the portfolio.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 25, 2023

Review risk tolerance and current asset allocation strategy It’s important to ensure your clients’ portfolios align with their risk tolerance because taking too much risk can negatively impact their ability to navigate market fluctuations. This shift would have resulted in a riskier portfolio with increased volatility.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 30, 2024

I stumbled into some content about model ETF portfolios including one interesting portfolio that was comprised of ETFs that I'd mostly never heard of. It was impressive that the portfolio was not just a collection of the largest Vanguard, iShares or Schwab ETFs. The above goes back to GHTA's inception.

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Validea

APRIL 20, 2023

is forgoing the traditional 60/40 portfolio and turning to public and private investments instead, reports an article in Bloomberg. In a recent note, strategists from the research department of the firm advised dividing up the standard asset allocation and shifting “from broad allocations to public equities and bonds.”

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 2, 2024

Some are perhaps unorthodox, but they tell us a lot about 2023 while setting the scene for 2024. Carson’s team provides its top charts that tell the story of 2023, including the four-year presidential cycle, high-tech manufacturing, bond yields, equity style performance, and a certain chipmaker that received a lot of attention.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Here is a list of some of the current best HYSA’s as of December 2023. If you are unsure if your portfolio aligns with your risk tolerance, time horizon and goals, reach out to us at Mainstreet and we would be happy to help! Consider whether you should increase the target goal for your emergency fund.

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Discipline Funds

JULY 19, 2023

Modern Portfolio Theory focuses on assembling the optimal group of assets to achieve the best return per unit of risk. A diversified portfolio of 60/40 stocks/bonds, for example, is a wonderful portfolio, but in our All Duration model it works out to a homogeneous allocation with an average duration of 12 years.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 10, 2024

For all the blog posts about about how to build alternatives into a portfolio, the idea from my perspective is how to compliment the equity allocation in a manner that is more effective than traditional fixed income exposure which hopefully leads to a better long term, risk adjusted returns. So far, it hasn't done that.

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James Hendries

JULY 13, 2022

Increased equity exposure in tactical asset allocation from 62% to 65%. Reduced low duration core bond allocation and increased allocation to small cap equities. The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) changed its recommended asset allocation for July, shifting from core bonds to small cap equities.

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Darrow Wealth Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

The age when retirees must begin drawing from non-Roth retirement accounts increases to 73 in 2023, then 75 in 2033. Taking withdrawals to fill up lower tax brackets In 2023, the couple could report regular income of roughly $89,000 and stay in the 12% marginal tax bracket. The Secure Act 2.0

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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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James Hendries

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Market participants will be looking for more evidence of waning inflation and seasonal tailwinds to help stocks finish 2023 on a positive note. The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee’s (STAAC) S&P 500 year-end fair value target of 4,000-4,100 is based on a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.5

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James Hendries

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) made no changes to its recommended asset allocation for August. The LPL Research S&P 500 year-end fair value target range remains 4,300—4,400, based on a price-to-earnings ratio (PE) of 18-19 and an earnings per share (EPS) forecast of $235 for 2023.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 30, 2023

If all you use is a broad index fund then it will either be a good year or not so good, but assuming the proper asset allocation, who cares? The divergence of MCW from 2022 to 2023 is shocking. That's enough to get it done assuming an adequate savings rate, appropriate asset allocation and no panicking.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

APRIL 22, 2024

Some other alternatives do their own thing in such a way that they complement equity exposure to reduce volatility and drawdowns without lowering the long term growth of the portfolio. It offers this pie chart to show its current asset allocation. VOLSX outperformed in 2021 and 2023 but fell twice as much as the others in 2022.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 4, 2024

We spend a lot of time here dissecting alternatives in pursuit of refining the portfolio to being more resilient in the face of serious declines and trying to improve risk adjusted results. There was no way to model something like that into a portfolio. It came out like a fire cracker showing enormous swings in both directions.

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Advisor Perspectives

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, what will 2024 have in store for investors? Our 2024 Economic & Market Outlook covers: Is the recession of 2023 coming in 2024? It appears this Fed rate hike cycle is over and now we pivot to potential rate cuts. But not until inflation has sufficiently cooled.

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Discipline Funds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Calculate your 2023 after tax income and expected after tax 2024 income. Compare this to your 2023 expenses and expected 2024 expenses. Asset Allocation and Goals. We are big advocates of time based asset allocation. Prune the fat in your portfolio. 2023 was a great year for risk assets.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 15, 2024

Usually a replication strategy will build a portfolio based on reported hedge fund holdings filed on a 13f or in the case of managed futures will sample maybe the ten biggest futures markets believing they can get 90% (or some high number) of the full effect, do it for cheaper such that the cost advantage ends up being the difference in performance.

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James Hendries

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee’s (STAAC) S&P 500 year-end fair value target of 4,000-4,100 is based on a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.5 times the STAAC’s 2023 S&P 500 earnings per share forecast of $230. Click here to download a PDF of this report. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) upgraded its view of duration to neutral. times the Committee’s 2023 S&P 500 earnings per share forecast of $230. The belief by the Fed that short-term interest rates need to continue to go higher and stay there pushed Treasury yields higher during the month.

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Dear Mr. Market

APRIL 2, 2025

My Portfolio Guide, LLC was the first investment firm to publish a March Madness investing bracket where we share our picks and match them up against each other. We break down and assign each of the four regions with an asset class and then pick teams (stocks) that we think have the best chance at doing well relative to others.

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James Hendries

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) downgraded its view of emerging market (EM) equities in August. The LPL Research S&P 500 year-end fair value target range remains 4,300— 4,400, based on a price-to earnings ratio (PE) of 18-19 and an earnings per share (EPS) forecast of $235 for 2023.

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WiserAdvisor

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Diversification refers to investing in a wide mix of investments within a portfolio. No matter the asset allocation, keeping a healthy mix of stocks is always advised, especially if you are not nearing retirement anytime soon. How many stocks should I have in my portfolio? They also indicate your ownership of a company.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here's the latest about Harvard from Bloomberg that included this chart of the asset allocation. Black is 2023. It's not that someone could not copy the asset class exposure, just that the return streams would not look the same and often, various forms of sophistication replication does not really work in fund form.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 2, 2024

We've looked at a lot of factor blends in pursuit of better risk adjusted portfolio construction without much luck. It allocates to equities, managed futures, hedged fixed income and it seeks out "idiosyncratic macro dislocations." In the comparison below, Portfolio 1 is Fig and Portfolio 3 is VBAIX which is a 60/40 mutual fund.

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WiserAdvisor

JANUARY 27, 2023

Due to the complex and diverse range of their financial assets, these individuals also require specialized high-net-worth financial planners and personalized investment management tailored to meet their specific needs. 2023 may see several changes with respect to retirement plans, Social Security, etc.,

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

So we really have to understand what we’re gonna invest in, value everything in the universe, rank order ’em, and then only can we put together portfolios. And the second, and this is very credit specific, was when you own a credit portfolio, your short volatility. This was gonna be a multi-strategy vehicle. Oh, really?

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Truemind Capital

APRIL 21, 2023

As of 31st March 2023 Looking forward, we believe the heightened global uncertainties, and unsupportive valuations in light of slowing earnings growth in the US and Indian markets may induce more volatility and hence more opportunities for long term investors. years (Oct 2021-Mar 2023) when the benchmark indices produced negligible returns.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 23, 2024

Jason Buck who runs the Cockroach Portfolio at Mutiny Funds sat with Rod Gordillo and Adam Butler from the Rational/Resolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Fund (RDMIX) and the Return Stack ETFs for a podcast type of show. If nothing else, one stock in a diversified portfolio is going to be the worst performer. Ergodicity.

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James Hendries

JUNE 26, 2023

We know it’s old news at this point, but on June 8, 2023, the S&P 500 entered a new bull market. LPL’s Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) recommends a neutral tactical allocation to equities, with a modest overweight to fixed income funded from cash. Bull markets are not linear.

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Truemind Capital

AUGUST 12, 2023

We continue to stay under-allocated to equity (check the 3rd page for asset allocation) at the current valuation levels. At this stage, we strongly recommend minimizing exposure to small & mid-cap portfolios on the back of excessive valuations driven by the retail craze. Sensex went up by 9.5%

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