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    • ON: Sun Jun 22nd 11:24 AM
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      'The Time to Buy Financials' Is Still Not Now
      I operate on the assumption that what has been true of value stocks/distressed companies in the past will be true of financials in the present. In the short term there will be more pain, more so than in the broader market. In the longer term the majority of financial companies will continue to underperform the broader market and several will probably disappear altogether. But a few will have been unfairly penalized or will turn things around masterfully and these few will reward investors handsomely. I'm not smart or knowledgeable enough to identify in advance the favored few, so I just invest in passive value indexes (RPV, EFV) that t present happen to have a high representation of financials. I won't hit the jackpot, but I won't go broke either and I expect to do ok.
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    • ON: Wed May 7th 13:21 PM
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      An All-Weather Portfolio Using Multiple Asset Classes
      You can achieve much the same thing far more simply by investing in three or four asset classes that are minimally correlated with each other, such as a portfolio comprising US small cap, emerging markets, commodities, and TIPS.
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    • ON: Fri Aug 10th 12:23 PM
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      Irrational Exuberance Got Buried Yesterday: Now What?
      With respect to safe havens, the TIAA Real Estate account (directly owned RE, not a REIT) has been a calm port in the storm thus far, though it unfortunately is not open to all ships. The account was up .3% for the day yesterday and is up 9.7% YTD, beating out all other TIAA or Vanguard asset classes except mid-cap growth and emerging markets. If we really are on the cusp of a 1970's style bear market then commercial real estate will also take a hit, but for the moment those who have access to TIAA RE might find it a comfortably boring place to shelter assets until the storm passes.
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