Alex Strashny is a Ph.D. statistician who has developed an asset allocation investment algorithm. He applies this methodology to pick the asset mix that maximizes the expected return while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk.
Though stocks have been declining in the latter half of October, we believe that they still have a good potential for gain. In our Balanced allocation, we are recommending a fund that follows stocks from Europe and the Pacific region. Incidentally, in our TSP newsletter, we are recommending a similar fund. In the Conservative allocation, we are recommending stocks as well, though, in our estimation, they have a lower risk.
Performance We have been writing our TSP newsletter for about a year. As of mid-October, its Balanced allocation had a one year return of 17.70% with a maximum drawdown of 4.01%. Read more about it.
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[Peaceful Gains ETF] - Europe Pacific - November 1, 2009 0 comments
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November 1, 2009
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Allocations
Conservative
- XLP (Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund): 79%
- XOP (SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF): 21%
Balanced- VEA (Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF): 100%
Commentary: Europe PacificHappy World Vegan Day!
Though stocks have been declining in the latter half of October, we believe that they still have a good potential for gain. In our Balanced allocation, we are recommending a fund that follows stocks from Europe and the Pacific region. Incidentally, in our TSP newsletter, we are recommending a similar fund. In the Conservative allocation, we are recommending stocks as well, though, in our estimation, they have a lower risk.
Our method
We pick the mix of investments that maximizes the expected return while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk.
Performance
We have been writing our TSP newsletter for about a year. As of mid-October, its Balanced allocation had a one year return of 17.70% with a maximum drawdown of 4.01%. Read more about it.
Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.
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