Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 8, 2023

Barron's had a fun article that looked at some ideas from William Bernstein titled The Trick To A Bullet Proof Portfolio? Based on the title, it would seem to be in the neighborhood of creating an all-weather portfolio which we've looked at in several different forms over the course of my full 19 years of blogging.

Asset Allocation 60

Asset Allocation Math Portfolio Assets 60

Darrow Wealth Management

MAY 22, 2023

The federal funds rate hasn’t been this high since 2007 when it peaked at 5.25%. Again just using simple math, this presumes the par value will roll over each month and reinvest at the same rate to get to the annual yield. This has been the faster pace of rate hikes since the 1980-1981 cycle. 467% a month.

Investing 90

Investing Investments Accounting Wealth Management 90

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If you’re at all interested in focused portfolios, the concept of quality as a sub-sector under value and just how you build a portfolio and a track record, that’s tough to beat. Dick Mayo was a traditional, I’d say portfolio, strong portfolio manager focused on US stocks. So I was at Harvard.

Valuation 130

Valuation Investing Investments Assets 130

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. So you’re Chief Investment officer of Asset and Wealth Management. RITHOLTZ: Really intriguing.

Assets 293

Assets Clients Investing Investments 293

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. At Citi, in 2007, fantastic timing, you take over as Head of Structured Solutions. And so, 2007, I came over to Citi. RITHOLTZ: Applied Mathematics, Quants, those guys, yeah.

Clients 293

Clients Wealth Management Investing Investments 293

The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

In 2007, firms extracted — the private equity firms extracted $20 billion from companies in the form of dividend recapitalizations. Or should this be kept out of private asset allocators’ hands? MORGENSON: And so, he buys this portfolio of junk bonds. But so you had these dividend recaps. RITHOLTZ: Wow.

Insurance 144

Insurance Healthcare Retail Medicine 144

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

They’re asset allocation model driven folks. So that’s an active part of portfolio trimming and opt and optimization. The good news is no one event has a big impact on the portfolio. And I was always good at math and, and I had been writing code since I was in the sixth grade.

Banking 144

Banking Investing Investments Marketing 144