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A Spectacularly Underappreciated 15 Years

The Big Picture

From March 2000 to the double lows October 2002 and March 2003, the Nasdaq 100 fell 82.9% (peak to trough). Financial Repression was the rallying cry for underperforming managers. is not what risk managers call a rational trading day. For two decades, every dip purchase was soon rewarded. Perhaps, it has worked too well.

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A Look at How a Variety of Risk Management Approaches Have Worked in 2022

Validea

The fact that bonds haven’t worked has made risk management very challenging during this bear market. But that doesn’t mean there was no way to manage risk. One of the things we do at Validea is track a variety of ETF based risk management approaches that utilize different methods to diversify equity portfolios.

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How to Talk About Risk Management With Your Clients

BlueMind

However, amid these fears, it has become difficult for financial advisors to explain to clients that taking appropriate risks is deemed necessary in order to ensure your portfolio has the growth potential to reach your financial goals. Would they consider a 5% return worth taking a risk or 20%? That requires investing.

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The Reboot and Rebrand of Advisor Today

NAIFA Advisor Today

As a Retirement Income Certified Professional and a Life and Annuities Certified Professional, John advises clients on retirement planning, investment planning, and risk management. Graduating from the US Military Academy at West Point in 2000, Kathleen served for eight years as an active duty officer in the Army Corp of Engineers.

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Build a Resilient Investment Strategy With The All Weather Portfolio

Validea

IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 15.0% +226.8% GLD SPDR Gold Shares 7.5% +380.3% IEF iShares 710 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.0% +72.7% TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 40.0% +70.7% GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust 7.5% -47.2%

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

The Big Picture

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. With no further ado, my interview of GCM’s Ken Tropin.

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S&P 500 Benchmarking Is Broken

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

This happens every so often, probably does not indicate a healthy market but as we saw in 2020, it can resolve by the rest of the market catching up, it doesn't have to result in a 2000-era bubble popping. I have no idea if the rest of the market will catch up or if this one will end very badly, we have no control over that.