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What Is In Your Control?

The Big Picture

Economy : GDP, Hiring & Wages, Consumer Spending, Industrial production, Home building, and on and on goes the list. What is in your control : Your Portfolio : You want to create something robust enough to withstand drawdowns and recessions; not necessarily the best possible set of assets but the ones you can live with day in and day out.

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Monday links: following a recipe

Abnormal Returns

Asset allocation Asset allocation is not a science. insights.finominal.com) Economy Aging isn't great for economic growth. obliviousinvestor.com) Diversification reduces the risk of adverse outcomes. barrons.com) Strategy Everyone and everything ends up underperforming at some point.

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Thursday links: sharing your best work

Abnormal Returns

novelinvestor.com) Don't change your asset allocation in response to a market pullback. rogersplanning.blogspot.com) Crypto The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ($GBTC) continues to leak assets. ft.com) Frozen Russian assets could soon pay for Ukraine's defense. Strategy Passive investors don't change relative prices.

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Thursday links: underestimating risk

Abnormal Returns

Active management Why asset allocators usually fail when it comes to manager selection. sportico.com) Economy National homebuilder confidence dropped in November. investmentecosystem.com) When does conviction turn into arrogance? ft.com) The Nasdaq ($NDAQ) has been on an acquisitions tear.

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Sunday links: poor listeners

Abnormal Returns

awealthofcommonsense.com) There are a lot of different asset allocations you can live with. axios.com) Economy Josh Brown, "The economy ought to be able to heal itself for the most part. (wsj.com) Strategy Remember all that talk about how the 60/40 portfolio was broken?

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Podcast links: an abundance mindset

Abnormal Returns

Economy Kyla Scanlon talks with Derek Thompson about how to rally people to an abundance mindset. joincolossus.com) Rick Ferri talks TIPS and asset allocation with William Bernstein. youtube.com) Derek Thompson talks with Conor Sen about the housing recession.

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Tuesday links: dislocated from reality

Abnormal Returns

morningstar.com) Alternative assets are not all that alternative. wired.com) Asset allocation How various asset classes performed during a recession. bonddad.blogspot.com) Economy Economic anxiety isn't going anywhere. Alternatives Private market access funds are all the rage.