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- Bailout Cost, per Taxpayer, by Income [view article]
- Tracking 9 ETF Portfolios [view article]
- Yawning from the Market Sidelines, ETFs in Hand [view article]
- 8 Sector ETFs in a Surprising Uptrend [view article]
- Performance for Harvard, Yale Endowments in 2008 [view article]
- Financial Crisis Hits REITs ETFs Hard [view article]
- Simple Asset Allocation Yardstick [view article]
- REITs: Uninspiring Valuations, Still Vulnerable to Housing Bust [view article]
- Harvard Endowment 2008 Performance [view article]
- A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
- El-Erian's Recommended Allocation vs. Harvard, Yale [view article]
- Real Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
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Real Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
I think it is due to the large dividend payouts from REITs. But who knows if those can continue?? ReplyHazards Amok
Real Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
Pull XHB up on a 3 year chart. It appears that this year’s gain is probably only yet another bear market rally inside of a much stronger long-term trend down. The unwinding of the great credit supercycle marches on, imho.(I’m trying really hard to avoid mentioning the falling knife cliché.) Reply
Real Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
This two groups, along with telecom have a certain "so bad, they're good" value category, they've been beaten up either on a perception basis or a true sell off, the author is on to something here. ReplyReal Estate, Retail ETFs Better Than You Think [view article]
Let's face it, most investors have not wanted to touch real estate or the consumer with a twenty-foot pole...Then why did they go up? magic? Reply
Global Investing: Get Past the Noise [view article]
Stocks like WMT, IBM and Intel have more cash flow from overseas, actually 50% of the earnings in S&P500 are from oversea sellings. With cash flow in a basket of currencies and the stock denominated in the $, a strengthening US$ will be negative to the value of US stocks. Every analysts who use DDM or DCF to value stocks know this. ReplyGlobal Investing: Get Past the Noise [view article]
Strengthening US Dollar is making US assets appear better .. to say the least .. ReplyGlobal Investing: Get Past the Noise [view article]
As the USD goes, so inversely go the international fund returns. Replysula
A Lazy ETF Portfolio Underweighting the U.S. [view article]
I agree with adding PCY, some FRN, PSP, and PFP. One can make a case for GLD as a subset of the commodities allocation, since gold is not only a commodity. Also, there's evidence that annual rebalancing is far more effective than monthly rebalancing (check out PIMCO website for article making case for commodities in portfolios to reduce overall portfolio risk - apparently monthly rebalancing greatly diminishes the effectiveness of this allocation strategy). I rebalance bi-annually, with good results. ReplyReal Estate [REIT] ETFs [view article]
Should you add Cohen & Steers Global Realty Majors ETF (GRI) to the section entitled Broad International REIT Index ETFs? Also, it might help to have the date of the last update in the various sections of the ETF Selector so we know how current it is and don't make the mistake of assuming the lists are full representations of what's available. Reply
A Lazy ETF Portfolio Underweighting the U.S. [view article]
What about using something like DBV for your cash? I would use PSP & PFP for Private Equity or individual stocks. A small amount in PCY for EM Int'l Bonds. I really like El-Erian after reading his book and I'm curious to see how this portfolio holds up. ReplyHarvard Endowment 2008 Performance [view article]
"Estimates for the returns for the fiscal year . . . pretty impressive . . . " I am not as impressed as you, apparently. One could argue that the returns on commodities were atypical and saved your bacon. I.e., they constituted a bubble, which has now burst. There is no guarantee that such returns, or any denominated return, of course, will re-occur in the future. ReplyA Lazy ETF Portfolio Underweighting the U.S. [view article]
You can do a lot worse than following a brilliant mind like el-Erian's. I decided to make a similar examination, comparing also the Harvard 07 and Yale Models. Although your case el-Erian investment-substitutes may be correct, I used:El-E 08 Symbol
15.0% VTI
15.0% VEU
12.0% VWO
9.0% BWX
5.0% BND
5.0% TIP
11.0% VNQ
11.0% DBC
7.0% PSP
10.0% CASH
100.0%
I was happy to see that my own portfolio strategy & investment selections vastly outperformed this ETF Model, but I wouldnt presume that the El-Erian's managers deliver the same performance.
Good luck with this!
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A Lazy ETF Portfolio Underweighting the U.S. [view article]
Good start and good choice. I will be following the progress. Replyng
A Simple Momentum System for Beating the Market [view article]
Agree with the statemen investing is part art and part science. 3 members of my free website are u this year with over 95% success rates on more than 250 investments cumulative. Making the trend your friend is certainly a key concept as the author states. Key is knowing the right stocks at the right prices ReplyA Simple Momentum System for Beating the Market [view article]
Besides the 8-9% that stock markets make, one can only win what others loose. So who are the loosers when everybody outperformes by 10%?This is what EMH supporters tell hard cases.
Matt:
"Naturally all analysis is post"
You can develop a strategy with old data, say 1900 to 1980, and then validate the strategy with the data from 1980 until today. There are still some difficulties with that but you test the model on data which you didn't use to build the model, thats essential.
I can't believe I answered that seriously.
If you guys like, we can do an experiment, just say: "I'd like to".
cheers
rudi Reply