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Fun With Portfolio Theory

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Long time readers might know my fascination with Nassim Taleb's idea about barbelling portfolios to concentrate risk into a small slice while having the vast majority in safe assets. What I am curious to see is if we can combine this barbell idea with the 75/50 portfolio to get a market equaling (or beating) returns over longer periods.

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Risk Parity Meets Permanent Portfolio?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

From the AQR site , QSPIX "aims to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns with low correlation to traditional stock/bond portfolios by investing in a broad and diversified range of alternative risk premia." So a core holding, I think that conceptually it could be risk parity meets the Permanent Portfolio?

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2 Reasons the Generic 60/40 Portfolio Fails

Integrity Financial Planning

This strategy tells you to put 60% of your portfolio in equities and 40% in bonds or other fixed-income offerings. 3] Because stocks account for 60% of the 60/40 allocation, their drop has affected 60/40 portfolios, sinking their value. In a 60/40 allocation, this negatively affects the whole portfolio. 1] [link]. [2]

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2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy

Brown Advisory

2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy ajackson Mon, 11/26/2018 - 08:01 A Letter of Introduction From The Portfolio Managers Brown Advisory is deeply committed to sustainable investing. 30, 2018, our firm managed approximately $4.1 As of Sept. and Brown Advisory Trust Company of Delaware, LLC.

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2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy

Brown Advisory

2018 Impact Report: Sustainable Core Fixed Income Strategy. Mon, 11/26/2018 - 08:01. A Letter of Introduction From The Portfolio Managers. . 30, 2018, our firm managed approximately $4.1 Impact case studies of individual bonds held in the portfolio. Portfolio Manager. Associate Portfolio Manager.

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How to Avoid Financial Disasters

The Big Picture

Avoid costly errors -Remove classic pitfalls -Create a robust, bullet-proof portfolio It’s going to be the most valuable 45 minutes you will spend this year thinking about your investments. April 12, 2018) The post How to Avoid Financial Disasters appeared first on The Big Picture. August 10, 2007) What is your Value Add ?

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Can Bitcoin Actually Help A Diversified Portfolio?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

In the last few blog posts we've looked at portfolios that seek to replace bonds with alts in such a way to reduce portfolio volatility the way bonds used to. In a couple of instances we've created portfolios that outperformed Vanguard Balanced Index (VBAIX) a proxy for a 60/40 portfolio and did so with a lower standard deviation.