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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 from somebody in a couple months, it’s like damn, I got to get Rob back on. This is some really in...

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 in bond yields. But the sharp move in the opposite direction is the more immediate threat, as recen...

Scorned 60/40 Model Finds Allies in Biggest Test Since 2016 Even though portfolios based around 60/40 performed in 2020, that hasn't 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 already under pressure from the historic decline in bond yields. But the sharp move in the opposite d...

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 Fidelity Magellan Fund, popularized the idea that investors could succeed by picking stocks that the...