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Practical Lessons from Meb Faber | Dividends, Trend Following and a Timeless Asset Allocation

Validea

We explore several clips from our interviews where Meb shares perspectives that often challenge conventional wisdom, including his thoughts on dividend investing, trend following, and the Federal Reserve.

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How Should You Choose Your Asset Allocation?

A Wealth of Common Sense

Following up on last week’s question about when to change your asset allocation, a reader asks a logical follow-up: For the average investor who is looking to do a mix of stocks/bonds, should they use some simple heuristic for bond allocation, such as bond% = 10 x interest rate, up to a max of 50%?

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Monday links: following a recipe

Abnormal Returns

Asset allocation Asset allocation is not a science. semafor.com) There is a difference between a blog and a newsletter. obliviousinvestor.com) Diversification reduces the risk of adverse outcomes. barrons.com) Strategy Everyone and everything ends up underperforming at some point. niemanlab.org)

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Cambria Fund Profile Series – Cambria Asset Allocation ETFs (GAA) (GMOM) (TRTY)

Meb Faber Research

Cambria Fund Profile Series – Cambria Asset Allocation ETFs (GAA) (GMOM) (TRTY) Host: Meb Faber is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. Meb has authored numerous books, whitepapers and blog posts, and is the host of The Meb Faber Show podcast.

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Sunday links: poor listeners

Abnormal Returns

awealthofcommonsense.com) There are a lot of different asset allocations you can live with. abnormalreturns.com) On the end of the influential The Reformed Broker blog. (wsj.com) Strategy Remember all that talk about how the 60/40 portfolio was broken? nytimes.com) It's easy to load up on cash, harder to put it to work.

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Asset Allocation

MainStreet Financial Planning

There are many steps in building an investment portfolio, in this article, I’ll discuss how asset allocation and risk tolerance are important considerations when investing. In simple terms, asset allocation is the mix of all the different types of investments you have in your portfolio. Some examples include U.S.

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Episode #530: GMO’s Catherine LeGraw – Capitalizing on Global Asset Allocation in 2024

Meb Faber Research

Guest: Catherine LeGraw is a member of GMO’s Asset Allocation Team. ” She […] The post Episode #530: GMO’s Catherine LeGraw – Capitalizing on Global Asset Allocation in 2024 appeared first on Meb Faber Research - Stock Market and Investing Blog.