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Lawler: Some Observations on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Wind-Down and Reinvestment “Strategy” (Still in Quantitative Easing Mode, Just Less So)

Calculated Risk

By way of comparison, Treasury bills accounted for 35% of total Fed Treasury holdings at the end of 2006. trillion) Agency MBS portfolio with an estimate weighted average life of 8 - 9 years to just slowly roll off adds even more to this private-sector maturity transformation. Second, the Fed only held a paltry 3.1%

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The Contrarian’s Guide: Inside David Dreman’s Value Investment Strategy

Validea

A 10-stock portfolio based on his criteria returned 79.2% The strategy showed particular strength in 2003, 2004, and 2006, with returns exceeding 30% in each of those years. The portfolio maintained a beta of roughly 1.0, The Strategy in Practice Our testing of Dreman’s approach demonstrates its effectiveness.

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Strategy of the Week: A Small Cap Growth Model Inspired by The Motley Fool’s David & Tom Gardner

Validea

Performance Overview (July 15, 2003 – 2025 YTD) Since inception, the Small Cap Growth Investor (Fool inspired) Portfolio has returned 13.2% Year Fool Portfolio S&P 500 +/- S&P 2003 (7/15/2003) 19.8% Year Fool Portfolio S&P 500 +/- S&P 2003 (7/15/2003) 19.8% annually , more than 4.5 2004 22.5% 2007 23.3%

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Stagflation Is Coming. All-Weather?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Interest rates going up doesn't worry me from a portfolio perspective, I pretty much don't have any interest rate risk in the portfolio. My first thought is to think about the all-weather attributes of Permanent Portfolio-inspired, quadrant investing. Portfolio 3 is sort of close to what we blog about regularly.

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7 Adani Group stocks in which mutual funds bought stake worth ₹2,827 Cr; Do you own any?

Trade Brains

Adani Energy Solutions Limited was established in 2006 and is India’s largest private power transmission and distribution company, offering energy solutions, smart metering, and cooling services, serving millions across multiple states. GW portfolio, aiming for 50 GW by 2030. Holdings went from 2.94 crore shares to 3.85

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Barron’s ) What is the Optimal Portfolio Rebalancing Strategy? This white paper arms financial advisors and planners with insights about how different rebalancing strategies, in combination with bullish or bearish market conditions, can affect portfolio performance and risk. ( Ten funds to consider.

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Bracketology (2025 Edition)

The Better Letter

Six 11 seeds have made it to the Final Four: LSU in 1986, George Mason in 2006, VCU in 2011, Loyola Chicago in 2018, UCLA in 2021, and NC State last year. It applies to your personal portfolio, too. On average, a 13 seed knocks off a 4 seed about once per tournament; 12 seeds beat fives more than one-third of the time.

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