In competitive pursuits, there are established and transparent measurement systems to
determine not just performance but how performance is achieved. In professional sports,
a variety of statistics are used to compare individual and team performance. Everyone
from team managers to owners to bookies use these common statistics. And because the statistics don’t like, there is little [...]
Category Archives: Modern Portfolio Theory
How Did Your Portfolio Perform?– Understanding Risk and Diversification
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
I Believe, But Help Me In My Unbelief — Dealing With Market Volatility
Sunday, July 4, 2010
A man having a religious crisis of faith initially spoke the famous words of this blogs subject line. He was acknowledging that with tough decisions, there is a continuum, not a simple yes or no answer. You can have conviction, but circumstances come along that challenge it’s depth.
Similarly with such market volatility [...]
How To Not Check Your Retirement Portfolio
Monday, May 31, 2010
There are different types of retirement investors and ultimately, different approaches to growing your money. Some investors play the high stakes game of competing against the market itself. These investors have entered the largest poker tournament the world has to offer. And who has joined these gamblers at the table? Teams of the smartest minds, [...]
The big drop – did you yawn or did you freak?
Saturday, May 15, 2010
On May 6th of last week, the markets shocked the world with a never-seen-before event – a 1000-point drop in a mere sixteen short minutes. During those brief moments and the hours following, financial programs on TV and radio featured pundits whose heads were spinning while seeking to comprehend how 10% of the market’s value [...]
If You Are An Index Investor, Where Does Explore Investing Fit In?
Thursday, December 31, 2009
In this week’s Forbes column, Rick Ferri asserts that “partial indexing works for Wall Street, not investors”. In this penetrating article, Rick ruthlessly uncovers Wall Street’s agenda is selling indexing for efficient markets while directing clients towards highly priced actively managed mutual funds for “inefficient markets”. As Ferry states, “Welcome to ‘Core and Explore’, also [...]
Tracking 9 ETF Portfolios – Surprise Winners and Losers So Far in 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The famous professors at Yale have proven that asset allocation accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return and that stock picking and market timing account for less than 10%. So what a great time to look at how different asset allocations are faring in this market!
In 2008 it turns out that asset allocation decisions have everything [...]
