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Sunday links: poor listeners

Abnormal Returns

awealthofcommonsense.com) There are a lot of different asset allocations you can live with. downtownjoshbrown.com) College-educated women with children under 10 are in the workforce at record numbers. (wsj.com) Strategy Remember all that talk about how the 60/40 portfolio was broken? axios.com) Q4 GDP is tracking around 1%.

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The Perfect Asset Allocation

The Irrelevant Investor

You'll probably notice that those two numbers equal 127%, which doesn't make any sense. The truth is that choosing the right allocation won't drive returns as much as your ability to stick with whatever allocation you've chosen. I guess the million dollar question is "how do you arrive at the right allocation?"

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The Frenzy in the Stock Market

Truemind Capital

During times of euphoria and bubbles, a huge number of retail investors want to invest in the stock market. However, I would insist on following an asset allocation plan with discipline, which is unaffected by the emotions of greed and fear. Asset allocation should follow probabilities of future outcomes along with risk profile.

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May newsletter: Better quarterly commentary

Investment Writing

You might also enjoy “ Investment commentary numbers: How to get them right.” Here’s an excerpt from the summary: Asset allocators favored the White-led, racially homogenous team when credentials were stronger, but the Black-led, racially diverse team when credentials were weaker. Is that really a word?

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Sunday links: your propensity to panic

Abnormal Returns

Strategy Shifting your asset allocation based on economic forecasts is a fool's errand. npr.org) An increasing number of guns are being stolen out cars these days. savantwealth.com) Gathering and interpreting information has a cost. mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) How wrapped up should you be in the market efficiency debate?

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 9-10)

Nerd's Eye View

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Implementing Retirement Income Guardrails To Facilitate (The Right) Spending Raises And Spending Cuts

Nerd's Eye View

In addition to explaining withdrawals in dollar terms, advisors can also present a client’s asset allocation in dollar terms (instead of the more usual approach of explaining the allocation in percentages) by framing it as the number of years of income that would be protected from stock market fluctuations (e.g.,