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~~~   BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest. His name is Rob Arnott and he is the Chairman and Founder of Research Affiliates, a firm who essentially patented the concept of fundamental indexing, pretty much they invented it, and I know Rob for a couple years. He was on the show in 2018 and his office just cranks out so many fascinating research pieces, hence the name Research Affiliates that after you read the third or fourth thing ...

It has been no less than a roller-coaster ride for equity investors since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

MONEYWEB app instead? The global recovery is now providing it with an even tougher test. By Emily Barrett, Bloomberg 16 Mar 2021  08:19  Image: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg The 60/40 portfolio saw investors through the cataclysm of the pandemic. The global recovery is now providing it with an even tougher test. The strategy — an investing stalwart since it arose from Harry Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory about a half-century ago — was already under pressure from the historic decline...

Scorned 60/40 Model Finds Allies in Biggest Test Since 2016 Even though portfolios based around 60/40 performed in 2020, that hasnt silenced calls to rethink or abandon the strategy. Emily Barrett | Mar 16, 2021 (Bloomberg) -- The 60/40 portfolio saw investors through the cataclysm of the pandemic. The global recovery is now proving an even tougher test. The strategy -- an investing stalwart since it arose from Harry Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory about a half-century ago -- was al...

Op-Ed: How home bias could be putting your wealth at risk By: Dennis Morton and Cody Demmel, Contributing Writers February 26, 2021 8:31 am “Invest in what you know.”  – Peter Lynch Successful wealth management requires us to construct diverse investment portfolios made up of different asset classes, including stocks.  In choosing our investments we often have biases that unknowingly create challenges as market cycles change. Peter Lynch, famed manager of the ...

Successful wealth management requires us to construct diverse investment portfolios made up of different asset classes, including stocks.  In choosing our investments we often have biases that unknowingly create challenges as market cycles change.

Modern Portfolio Theory: How it Can Improve Your Portfolio Modern portfolio theory (MPT) is an investing strategy that looks to maximize returns. After all, we like making money, but we dislike losing money even more. Generally speaking, of course. That was crystal clear when the market dropped 12.8% in one day in March of 2020. With fear and more importantly uncertainty about the coronavirus raging, many investors briefly panicked. As we now know, the market snapped back almost as quickly as...

That reduction in benefits could change dramatically  for the worse once the pandemic is factored into the equation. Medicare Part A  The conclusion of the trustees report reads like an ominous warning: Lawmakers have many policy options that would reduce or eliminate the long-term financing shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare. Taking action sooner rather than later will permit consideration of a broader range of solutions and provide more time to phase in changes so that the public h...

MONEYWEB app instead? There are now three elements to every capital allocation – risk, return and impact: Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser. By Patrick Cairns 28 Jan 2021  10:00  Investors are going to want to know that their money is going into something that benefits more than just the financial services industry. Image: Shutterstock For over a decade, Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser has been working at shifting attitudes within the financial services industry. As the head of the Alexander Forbes Re...

BitIRA 2020 Retrospective: Retirement Funds Soaring, Supporting Bigger Dreams Share Article 2020: A Great Year for BitIRA Customers Simply put, our customers could not be more delighted about their account performance. BURBANK, Calif. (PRWEB) January 26, 2021 BitIRA – pioneer of the first insured cold storage solution for cryptocurrency retirement accounts – released customer performance data for 2020. On average, each dollar i...