…allocation and assume monthly rebalancing, no transaction costs, no taxes and no over/under performance within the asset class (yep, a bunch of unrealistic assumptions), the model portfolio outperformed the S&P…
…(a weak month, to be sure, but we’ve had plenty in the past five years). The average number of jobs created in the last three months is now 336,000, which…
…they plan on raising rates, or ‘liftoff’ as it’s known on Wall Street these days, and will instead be ‘data dependent.’ It appears that we have some data to depend…
…the Great Depression. Just as before, Tice’s BEARX performed very well, earning 45.8 percent while the market dropped -46.7 percent (I’m using monthly data, which is less dramatic than peak-to-trough…
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…10 largest bankruptcies of all time all occur: Thornburg Mortgage, Chrysler, MF Global, Conseco, Enron, CIT Group, General Motors, WorldCom, Washington Mutual and Lehman Brothers. There were two recessions, one…
…1796 The internet, 1960s The steam engine, 1712 Of course, we could debate about whether the steam engine is really ‘greater’ than sanitation systems (no. 12), refrigeration (No. 13) or…
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…(and in my case, boss), Frank Trotter. While that was a great experience, Chris, Dannelle and I decided to become independent and formed Acropolis 13 years ago (technically, our 13th…
…what those asset classes are, although in this case, the key (and the punchline) is over to the right. But before we get to that, lets’ keep looking at the…
