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The Bond Bear Market & Asset Allocation

A Wealth of Common Sense

I’m generally not a fan of completely rethinking your asset allocation just because you wish you would have invested in something else with the benefit of hindsight. Fighting the last war can be a damaging strategy if you’re constantly investing in the rearview mirror based strictly on performance.

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MiB: Marta Norton, Morningstar Investment Management

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Marta Norton, Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar Investment Management (MIM ). The firm manages or advises on about $250 billion in advisor assets. Norton’s responsibilities include equity, alternative and fixed income research, asset allocation, and portfolio management.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

Top clicks this week Six lessons from William Bernstein's "The Four Pillars of Investing." humbledollar.com) There's nothing magic about asset allocation. obliviousinvestor.com) Money market returns look good.almost too good. humbledollar.com) Be wary shifting too much of your money into bonds.

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

allstarcharts.com) Investing is hard. awealthofcommonsense.com) What happens after a 20% up year for the stock market? tker.co) The more room you can put between yourself and your investments, the better. awealthofcommonsense.com) There are a lot of different asset allocations you can live with. Really hard.

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Investing is the Study of Human Decision Making

The Big Picture

Most people believe that investing is the science of generating a return on capital. At its heart, investing is a problem-solving exercise , filled with opportunities that reveal the errors we all make. This should be reflected in how we invest. That is an accurate but incomplete assessment. – “ Future ” demands optimism.

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4 Things To Do When The Stock Market Drops

The Chicago Financial Planner

Today was an ugly day in the stock market. Today’s decline is on top of high levels of market volatility that we’ve seen so far in 2022. My thoughts on how investors should react to this type of stock market decline haven’t changed since I first wrote this post a number of years ago. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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What Is In Your Control?

The Big Picture

Around the world, markets lost 5% or worse just last week. Year to date, the S&P 500 is down more than 23%; the Russell 2000 small caps are off more than 26%; Emerging markets are down almost 28%; and the Nasdaq Tech index is off more than 31%. Asset Economy. Asset Allocation. None whatsoever. Inflation.