Category Archives: Asset Allocation

How to Invest Retirement Portfolio with Upcoming Presidential Election?

Investors are asking, how should I invest my retirement portfolio with the upcoming Presidential Election?  This is the time many investors can become seduced into the notion of “beating the market”, or reaping “windfall profits” from moves in certain sectors and/or stocks in the securities market.  Unfortunately, market pundits supported by academic research would have…
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Investment Selection Styles: Portfolio Construction Implications

Investment Selection Styles: Portfolio Construction Implications Classic equity portfolio management of mutual funds, insurance product subaccounts and separately managed accounts predominately utilize either a growth or value style investment selection process, or a blend of the two investment styles.  This discussion of equity investment selection styles relates only to the portion of a portfolio which…
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Multi-Cap Investment Strategies Provide Benefits to Investors In The Long Run

Academic research suggests that investors can realize greater investment returns over multiple business cycles when they allocate a portion of the investment portfolios in small and mid cap sized companies. Many investors place too great an emphasis on large cap stocks for their asset allocation models. By so doing, investors miss a significant portion of…
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Robo Advisors: Computer Advice Versus Personalized Advice

Are financial planning and investment advisory services the latest profession to fall prey to computer automation, as is in the case of Robo Advisors?  Robo Advisors like Betterment, WealthFront, Jemstep, WiseBanyan, Blooom and Motif, all claim to do more for less through a process of self diagnosis utilizing a battery of financial questions that you…
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