“How much income can I count on from my retirement savings?” With traditional pensions, defined benefit plans, becoming as rare as a good plumber, most of us are stuck figuring this out on our own. The math here is brutal. You don’t know how long you’ll live. You don’t know Read more
In April 2022, I introduced on this blog The Italian Leather Sofa Model Portfolio. As a reminder, here is the portfolio composition: The idea behind the portfolio is stolen from here. The link offers the best explanation of what I think is the most common question related to it, i.e. why Read more
On social media, I read many critiques of managed futures strategies…also from people I consider intelligent. These posts got me thinking about a fundamental tension in investing: some of the strategies that work best mathematically are often the hardest to stick with emotionally. The Torture of Positive Skew Managed futures Read more
Here’s what frustrates me about personal financial discourse: lads obsess over the flashy stuff while ignoring the issues that actually matter. Take this post, for example. It highlights a problem that should have everyone paying attention. Why? Every working person is forced to participate in some form of pension or Read more
I found this ETF reading Roger Nusbaum blog. When I first saw the name and website, I instantly dismissed it as a marketing stunt. But Roger continued to mention it, so one day I bit the bullet and dug more. INVESTMENT APPROACHThe Adviser allocates the Fund’s portfolio equally among four Read more
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Ben Carlson recently highlighted an uncomfortable truth: over the past five years, bonds have experienced one of their worst stretches in history. Yet, almost no one is screaming about it. Why aren’t investors sounding the alarm? What really pushed me to dig into this wasn’t just Ben’s post though, but Read more
I’ve never been fully sold on inflation-linked bonds. Historically, traditional bonds have delivered real, positive returns over time. And that makes sense: if investors are going to lock in nominal yields for years, they should demand a decent risk premium for doing so. So if regular bonds already compensate for Read more
In April 2022, I introduced on this blog The Italian Leather Sofa Model Portfolio. As a reminder, here is the portfolio composition: The idea behind the portfolio is stolen from here. The link offers the best explanation of what I think is the most common question related to it, i.e. why Read more
This interview on the Get Stacked Investment Podcast is one of the most interesting I’ve stumbled upon in a long time. Not because the topics discussed are novel. But because the guest is an Europoor like us! Rafael Ortega is a Spanish chap who got the “efficient, diversified portfolio” bug, Read more