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The Perfect Asset Allocation

The Irrelevant Investor

Although constructing a portfolio has never been cheaper, it has also never been as confusing. The five largest stocks in the Russell 1000- Apple, Microsoft, Exxon, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and General Electric- are bigger than the entire Russell 2000. If Seadrill went up 40 percent, it would push the index up 0.004 percent.

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Market Commentary: Top Charts From 2023 Set the Scene For 2024

Carson Wealth

Artificial Intelligence Grabs the Spotlight Jake Bleicher, Portfolio Manager To me, the narrative of 2023 is captured by a chart showing the performance of NVIDIA, the maker of high-end computer chips that have become the bedrock of artificial intelligence (AI). This is a massively underrated story of what’s happening in the U.S.

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

Market conditions may indeed be changing, and in ways that warrant a reassessment of portfolio positioning. equity market’s gain since early 2017 has been concentrated in a relatively small number of sectors and specific stocks. Adding risk to portfolios at this stage in the economic cycle does not seem like a prudent strategy to us.

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

Market conditions may indeed be changing, and in ways that warrant a reassessment of portfolio positioning. equity market’s gain since early 2017 has been concentrated in a relatively small number of sectors and specific stocks. Adding risk to portfolios at this stage in the economic cycle does not seem like a prudent strategy to us.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

Instead, they’ve turned to indexing their portfolios to the S&P 500 ® Index or some other relevant benchmark, thereby accepting “average” performance rather than trying for something better. Portfolios with greater active share could be said to reflect more independent thinking on the part of the managers.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

Instead, they’ve turned to indexing their portfolios to the S&P 500 ® Index or some other relevant benchmark, thereby accepting “average” performance rather than trying for something better. Portfolios with greater active share could be said to reflect more independent thinking on the part of the managers. Manager Characteristics.

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What Are You Willing To Give Up In Pursuit Of All-Weather

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The idea of building an All-Weather portfolio of course has its appeal. The basic idea is to be much less volatile than the broad market or the typical 60/40 portfolio. It raises the question though of how much performance should an investor expect or be willing give up for the potential emotional comfort of an All-Weather portfolio.