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At the Money: Managing a Portfolio in a Higher Rate Environment

The Big Picture

Investors should be considering capturing some of that yield in their portfolios. We’re going to discuss how these changes are likely to affect your portfolios and what you should do about it. The Fed was worried that the psyche of investors was to stay away from Riskier assets like home prices or equities.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management , is below. Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. Her job is portfolio and product solutions and that means she could go anywhere in the world and do anything. Elizabeth Burton : Hi Barry.

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Permanent Portfolio Review

Dear Mr. Market

In a year where the stock market has provided zero safe places to hide…you may have changed, the markets certainly have, but one thing has not; the Permanent Portfolio. If you didn’t hit the embedded article links above, the Permanent Portfolio is pretty simple at face value. 25% Long-Term Bonds (deflation).

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Picking Apart A Very Sophisticated Portfolio

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

When I was working on yesterday's post I stumbled back into the Return Stacked 60/40 Absolute Return Index which is a portfolio funds blended together with a lot of embedded leverage in pursuit of capital efficiency. It's a very sophisticated portfolio. Here's what it is in the portfolio and the notional exposures.

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

The Big Picture

If only the Fed didn’t do X, our portfolio would have been much better” seems to be a terrible approach to managing assets for clients. 2020s : Remained on emergency footing post Covid, despite broad evidence of economic recovery. Following those March 2020 rate cuts, the Fed stayed at Zero until March 2022.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

Low Stakes : The most successful market timers are often those people who do not have actual assets at risk. Staying long through the 60-day 34% drop during the 2020 pandemic; getting out of the market ahead of the 2022 rate hiking cycle; and getting back in October 2022 for the next bull leg. It’s utterly laughable.

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MiB: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton CEO 

The Big Picture

Johnson joined the firm in 1988 and held leadership roles in all its major divisions before becoming CEO in February 2020. She also led the historic acquisition of Legg Mason in 2020, and Putnam in 2023, with the organization now managing more than $1.5 trillion globally.