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How Asset Allocation Impacts Your Portfolio

WiserAdvisor

However, what is equally critical when it comes to creating a portfolio is asset allocation and selection. Asset allocation aims to balance risk and reward through a portfolio composition of different kinds of assets. If not allocated efficiently, you may become subject to a slew of taxes and other charges.

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Three Things – Weekend Reading

Discipline Funds

The Great Financial Crisis was wonderful because it got people interested in economics. And it was terrible in that it convinced a lot of people that mainstream economics was wrong about almost everything. I am a big fan of boring ETFs because I think asset allocation should be boring. But I think this is wrong.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’24

Truemind Capital

Consequently, the portfolio allocation should reflect these probabilities depending on the risk profiles. Therefore, we maintain our underweight position to equity (check the Model Portfolio Current asset allocation below). One can consider debt portfolios with floating rate instruments for long-term allocation.

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From Soft Landing to Emergency Landing?

Discipline Funds

And that’s the ultimate measure of the Fed’s success – are they able to normalize interest rates or do they end up having to shift interest rates because they flew too low for too long and now they have to try to enact an emergency engine thrust to avoid an economic stall? The same basic fact is true during booms.

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Retiring Early? Barron's Has Tips

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Several talked about tax issues, it is important to keep tabs on how taxes might change going forward and then when they actually do change. Yes on the taxes but without earned income and living on long term capital gains from an investment portfolio, there might be no income tax.

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September 2016 Insights on Markets and Investments

Brown Advisory

September 2016 Insights on Markets and Investments achen Mon, 09/12/2016 - 01:00 In this issue: Investors Facing Rising Risks Need Solid Defense, Savvy Offense Increasing political and economic risk during the past year has widened the range of possible positive and negative scenarios for financial markets.

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September 2016 Insights on Markets and Investments

Brown Advisory

In this issue: Investors Facing Rising Risks Need Solid Defense, Savvy Offense Increasing political and economic risk during the past year has widened the range of possible positive and negative scenarios for financial markets. By Taylor Graff, Head of Asset Allocation Research and Ed Chadwyck-Healey, Head of International Private Clients ?