Meb Faber Research – Stock Market and Investing Blog

Here is a fun summary table of various investment and savings options to investors. And here is a recent post on the Cheapest Portfolio in the World. I didn't include the Cambria offerings so people wouldn't consider this marketing, but feel free to learn more here and here. And yes, the disgusting color scheme was on purpose.  Enjoy! (CLICK TO ENLARGE)    

About nine years ago our good friend Matt Hougan wrote an article called "The World's Cheapest ETF Portfolio".  He outlined a portfolio with the following allocation: 40% Broad Market U.S. equities 35% Foreign Equities 15% Fixed-Income (broadly diversified) 5% REITs 5% Commodities It weighed in at a super cheap 16 basis points!  The following years have seen fees continue to decline.  This fund allocation above...

As I’m writing this, the S&P has just closed more than 1% lower for the first time since last October.  The streak of 109 trading days without a 1% decline is one of the longest in history. Chart via Bespoke The bears who have been getting pummeled over the last eight years are suddenly rumbling back to life. That makes this...

I love the fact that the collateral in the Buffett/Protege bet beat them both....chart below:    

A few readers asked if I would take a look at Tony Robbin's new book Unshakeable and offer up my thoughts.  (We reviewed his last book Money a few years back here.) Most of my comments from the last review stand:  I think Tony is a genuinely decent person, clearly has helped a lot of people over the years, and...

I update this chart on occasion mainly out of curiosity.  If you have any more recent figures fire 'em over and I'll correct... Click to enlarge  

Harvard made a big change recently with their investment management team and process. I've commented on this a lot already so check out the links below...   How a Trump Or Clinton Win Will Impact Your Investments Should Harvard's Endowment be Managed by a Robot? Should a Robot be Managing CalPERs Portfolio? What Does Nevadas $35 billion fund manager do all day...nothing