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Research links: the burden of proof

Abnormal Returns

mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) There's not much to see in tactical asset allocation ETF performance. evidenceinvestor.com) Customized portfolios are by definition more concentrated. (alphaarchitect.com) Why does trend following work better in a high inflation regime?

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Tuesday links: the case for diversification

Abnormal Returns

Strategy High uncertainty decisions, like investing, are by definition difficult. behaviouralinvestment.com) Do commodities have a role to play in a long-term, strategic asset allocation? monevator.com) Companies IBM ($IBM) keeps acquiring smaller companies to seemingly very little effect.

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Investing is the Study of Human Decision Making

The Big Picture

Perhaps this is why my definition of investing differs from the mainstream: “ Investing is the art of using imperfect information to make probabilistic assessments about an inherently unknowable future.” There is a lot of nuance packed into those 17 words. The process by which you make decisions is worth examining.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • Big Investors Are Giving Up on Crypto Markets Going Mainstream : Bitcoin as a portfolio diversifier hasn’t worked for investors Crypto won’t ‘find a home in institutional asset allocation’. Bloomberg ). Wall Street Journal ). • Morningstar ). Institutional Investor ).

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Should You Worry About “Recession” Risk?

Discipline Funds

The economy has decelerated sharply in the last year, but we aren’t seeing data that is consistent with what the NBER would define as a “recession” So how concerned should we be about these technical definitions? In our view we’re still in the “muddle through” camp as it pertains to the economy.

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Wealth Accumulation: A Step By Step Guide

Clever Girl Finance

The wealth accumulation definition is simply building up your net worth and wealth over time. million households having at least one million in assets. million households having at least one million in assets. And you definitely don't want to fall for a get-rich-quick scheme. And it is not as difficult as it might seem.

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Just Put It All Into.

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Anytime I talk about letting markets work for you over the long term and the role that an adequate savings rate plays in financial success, I will usually caveat that with assuming a proper asset allocation. Ten years is a reasonable time period but someone who bought in 2012 based on the previous ten years really got left behind.