Global Asset Allocation Summit

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I went to the GAA Summit in Carlsbad, CA Feb 1 & 2.    I was looking forward to reconnecting with an old UVa...

Strategic Asset Allocation: Determining the Optimal Portfolio with Ten Asset Classes

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A nice review from CXO on a paper from the folks at Robeco.  While I disagree with their expected risk premium for commodities (zero!),...

A Couple Ideas for the Strategic AA Crowd

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Besides tax harvesting (selling holdings at losses and switching to a similar index fund), why not move into a fund with big negative capital...

Listed Alternatives

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Is there anyone out there doing good work on the listed alternatives space?  Would you be interested in a newsletter discussing the listed alternative...

Triumph of the Pessimists

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Does anyone have the HSBC article "The Triumph of the Pessimists"?  Summary from the FT. ---- The first Ivy Book review is up from CXO.  If...

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Nice way to track the 10-SMA over on Market Rewind.  

Imagine the Unimaginable

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Stocks outperform bonds in the long run.  Well, in the 1800s that was the realllly long run.  70 years long run. Article from the FT...

Book Arrived from Amazon

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It sounds like a few people received their copies of The Ivy Portfolio today!  If you liked the book (or if you hated it),  let...

Nice Interview with O’Neil

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HT: KP O'Neil Interview  

The D-Process

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Required reading: "A Template for What is Going On" A sign of the times - on the way from Amazon: The Great Crash of 1929 Essays on...