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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

businesswire.com) Top clicks this week What's the best asset to hold during a recession? wealthmanagement.com) The math behind savings rates and retiring early. Also on the site Everybody is a creative, whether they acknowledge it or not. morningstar.com) The 60/40 portfolio is flawed, but you need an alternative.

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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. One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. She can go anywhere, do anything.

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Thinking About Retiring Early? 8 Things to Consider First

Carson Wealth

Tom Fridrich, JD, CLU, ChFC ® , Senior Wealth Planner We’ve all asked ourselves whether it’s too early to retire (usually after a particularly challenging commute or dealing with a difficult client). But even if you feel confident today, would it be reasonable to retire early? How Early Is Early?

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Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before Retirement?

Darrow Wealth Management

Is retiring with a mortgage a good idea? Retiring with a mortgage doesn’t typically pose a financial risk, and at times it’s the best financial decision. But paying off a mortgage before retirement has upsides also. Here’s when it may – and may not – make sense to pay off a mortgage before retiring.

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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. When you get it wrong, it crushes your retirement plans. My own track record at making big calls is pretty damned good, but none of our clients wants me slinging around their retirement monies based on my gut instinct.

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Big Risk In Multi-Asset Funds?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

We've been seeing a small wave of multi-asset funds that use leverage coming to market lately. The way the math works, a 67% allocation to NTSX (Portfolio 2 with 33% in the T-bill ETF) equals 100% in Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBAIX) which is a proxy for 60/40 and Portfolio 3. It is 90% equities and 60 bonds.

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How Do Higher Interest Rates Push Inflation Down?

Discipline Funds

QE is an asset swap as I’ve explained many times in the past. The reason this doesn’t have a huge impact on inflation is because there’s no reason for consumers to materially change their spending patterns just because they change a safe high yielding asset into a safe low yielding asset.

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