The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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.

Assets 141

Assets Management Portfolio Investing 141

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

First up was a webinar about model portfolios at ETF.com. Outsourcing the work related to actually being an advisor would not feel right to me and I enjoy what I get to do including portfolio construction. I think that when investors hear about model portfolios they sort of think in terms of set and forget.

Portfolio 73

Portfolio Asset Allocation Math Compliance 73

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 62

Asset Allocation Math Portfolio Assets 62

Trade Brains

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The course covers an introduction to personal finance, credit cards, life insurance, health insurance, investment instruments, loans, income tax and planning, budgeting and building a strong portfolio. Also, you will learn how to plan your taxes, credit score importance and how to budget your income to create a portfolio.

Budgeting 59

Budgeting Certification Education Asset Allocation 59

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

Darrow Wealth Management

MAY 22, 2023

So when the federal funds rate goes up, it can have an outsized impact on shorter term interest rates on assets like Treasury bills (T-bills). 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. Compare that to the stated yield of 5.6%

Investing 90

Investing Investments Wealth Management Accounting 90

Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. With that said, I am always quick to point out that diversification in a portfolio is important (i.e., Source: Calafia Beach Pundit. Source: Edward Yardeni.

Math 52

Math Assets Investing Investments 52