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MiB: Tom Hancock, GMO Focused Equity

The Big Picture

He manages the focused quality fund and its new Quality ETF, and is the portfolio manager for quality strategies. Hancock is also portfolio manager for GMO’s Quality Strategies, including the Quality Fund MF ( GQETX ); that fund manages >8$ billion dollars and over the past 20 years, has returned 13.6%

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Research links: when quant falters

Abnormal Returns

Portfolio management Byrne Hobart, "Inverse correlations tend to go away when people rely on them. thediff.co) Concentrated portfolios are at-risk of missing out on overall equity market gains. evidenceinvestor.com) What's the best way to take distributions from a portfolio? stock returns from 1963-2020.

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Thematic Investments Now Have Lower Fees

Advisor Perspectives

Backed by a former cofounder of GlobalX and a team of dynamic portfolio management professionals who collectively bring decades of prior experience and extensive expertise managing ETF portfolios for multibillion-dollar asset managers, Themes ETFs aims to disrupt the market with its competitive fee structure.

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MiB: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton CEO 

The Big Picture

When she returned to Franklin Templeton, she rotated through various divisions, including investment management, distribution, technology, operations, and high-net-worth. We also discussed active management versus indexing: “If you are an active manager, your job is to have a diversified portfolio and think about risk-adjusted returns.

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MiB: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton CEO 

The Big Picture

When she returned to Franklin Templeton, she rotated through various divisions, including investment management, distribution, technology, operations, and high-net-worth. We also discussed active management versus indexing: “If you are an active manager, your job is to have a diversified portfolio and think about risk-adjusted returns.

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5 Tips to Build an Investment Portfolio for Retirement

WiserAdvisor

Yet, the path to building a robust investment portfolio for retirement can be an intimidating task. You may ponder where to begin and how to create a portfolio that matches your goals, stands the test of time, and shields you from financial uncertainty. Let’s first understand what these accounts are and how they work.

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A Tribute to Harry Markowitz

Discipline Funds

Markowitz is the the father of Modern Portfolio Theory and the basic building blocks of how most financial planners and portfolio managers think about asset allocation. The concepts in Portfolio Selection formed the foundation for how we think about diversification and “efficient” portfolio construction.