Risk Parity Radio

In this episode we answer emails from Thirsty Horse, Graham, Chris, Oberon, Ronald and Mark.  We discuss their personal progress with finances and better relationships, books about that and thriving, treasury bond funds, choosing volunteering and charitable opportunities, and sample portfolio dividends and interest.

Campaign update: Top of the T-Shirt fundraiser for Father McKenna Center closing July 31!

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In this episode we celebrate some milestones and answer emails from Amy and John.  We discuss the 10-year anniversary of Portfolio Charts, our one millionth download and Mary's good news about her CASA work.  Then we talk about the parable of the Starfish Thrower, go on requested rant about personal finance hoarding cultures and financially privileged people looking for pats on the head and their willing AUM facilitators, and ...

In this episode we celebrate Ozzy Osbourne and answer emails from Iron Tony, Ben and Robbin.  We discuss some of the charts at Portfolio Charts and some related research, the unexpected problems of complex trusts and the value of simplifying estate planning by giving money away while you are alive and balancing treasury bonds, gold, and equity allocations to create resilient portfolios.

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In this shocking, season-ending episode we answer an email from another generous and Nameless listener regarding a levered portfolio for Nameless, Jr., their omnipotent baby in waiting.  We also have fun with Fibonacci numbers. 

And THEN we do our annual rebalancings of the first four sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.  And we also do our weekly portfolio reviews.

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In this episode we answer emails from Brian, Gary and Rob.  We discuss the foibles of follies of attempting to market-time gold, the fundamental problems of trying to use TIPS as inflation "hedges" in a diversified portfolio and the limited circumstances in which they make sense, introducing children to financial topics, and tax considerations in making portfolio transitions.

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In this episode we answer emails from Ron, Michael, Jaime and Clare.  We discuss all the generosity bestowed on us and our charity, including the McKenna Man portfolio, a listener's personal portfolio and two-year experience, portfolio longevity issues and common myths thereabout, tax considerations and how to really enjoy retirement after accumulation.

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In this episode we explore one big long answer to an email from Bob about why people refuse to spend money in retirement despite having more than adequate resources.  We touch on the math and psychology of the Possibility Effect and how to use Base Rates to overcome that, what the numbers say you really should be afraid of, how to break down expenses to alleviate fears and the real underlying problem in many cases, which is not fea...

In this episode we answer emails from Tracy, Mike and "Some Call Me" Tim.  We discuss the speculations and gambles of Forex, portfolio transitions, the Vanguard Market Neutral Fund and moving overseas.  And we have a mystery guest reader!

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In this episode we answer a question from Ness.  We have fun with The Untouchables, retirement clubs, Portfolio Visualizer and many other things. 

And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.

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In this episode we answer questions from Mason, Brian, and Anonymous.  We discuss portfolio transitions from a highly overlapped portfolio and related consideration, treasury strips funds and leveraged ETFs (twice), and the power of advice from the great Jim Rohn.  UNLIMITED POWER.

Just remember that "Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."

And we discuss our campaign for the Father...

In this episode we answer emails from Isaiah, Jack, Jon and Luke.  We discuss preliminary transition issues and de-risking, Jack's "25 x 4" risk parity style portfolio, Invictus and similar themes, treasury bonds and gold as co-diversifiers and ESG funds.  And revel on how we Tom Sawyer'ed Paula Pant into creating a nice 'Risk Parity Portfolio Blueprint" for us.

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In this episode we answer emails from Luc, Craig, Luke and Lucky.  We discuss updating the website, my recent roundtable on the Stacking Benjamins podcast, Achilles heels, and the inherent problems with not using proper forecasting techniques applied to CAPE ratios and other things, new funds like AVUQ and FFUT, and gold versus bonds in a portfolio.

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In this episode we answer emails from I Have No Name, Deep and Joel.  We discuss the extraordinary generosity of our listeners and how it uplifts the workers in the FMC trenches, rebalancing in accumulation, tax considerations for an intermediate term portfolio, saving for college, and what to do with new money just a few years from retirement.

And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios yo...

In this episode we answer emails from Brent, Peter and Cy.  We discuss our Father McKenna Center Top-of-the-T-Shirt Matching Campaign (again), Peter's risk-parity style portfolio in retirement and what to do with new cash coming in, and Cy's small cap value direct indexing experiment.

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In this episode we answer emails from Anonymous, Tim, Mark and Luc.  We celebrate the overwhelming generosity of our listeners and discuss using risk parity style portfolios for intermediate savings, heavy metal, tax efficient portfolio management, and some investing and retirement resources.

And THEN we our go through our weekly and monthly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk...

In this episode we answer emails from Katie, Sean, Glen, Anonymous and Kelly.  We discuss our matching campaign for the Father McKenna Center (rolled out in Episode 426), the BOXX ETF and the Rorschach test it presents, direct indexing, Risk Parity Chronicles, and the real purpose of Financial Independence and how to win at retirement and life.

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In this episode we answer emails from Pete, Kevin and Dale.  We discuss Pete's "Berry Pie" portfolio experiments on the testfolio site, the ongoing debate about the size and value factors and why it doesn't matter that much for constructing diversified portfolios due to Shannon's Demon, and some basics on the process for constructing portfolios moving from asset classes to specific ETFs.

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In this episode we answer emails from Andy, El Yama and Paulo.  We discuss a follow up to the question on margin accounts at Interactive Brokers in Episode 424, the use of SCHD fund as a large cap value fund in a risk parity style portfolio, the meaning of "safe" in "safe withdrawal rates" and the current popular obsession with international funds, as well as diversification considerations for using them.  And a...

In this episode we answer emails from Yangon, The Value Stock Geek, and Graham.  We discuss the ins and outs of margin accounts at Interactive Brokers, some annoyances with gold ETFs and 1099s, and BTAL vs. treasury bonds.

And THEN we our go through our weekly and monthly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.

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