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  • Cash And Money Market ETFs Review

    Cash And Money Market ETFs Review

    April 11, 2023

    We survey some ultra short term bond ETFs that can be used as Cash or money market substitutes.


  • 401k Company Match: How To Maximize Your Free Money

    401k Company Match: How To Maximize Your Free Money

    March 28, 2023

    We encourage maximizing 401k match and discuss some details on 401k contributions and match.


  • March 13, 2023: Bank On My Own For Safer And Much Higher Returns

    March 13, 2023: Bank On My Own For Safer And Much Higher Returns

    March 14, 2023

    Bank On My Own! Avoid Banks as middle men and get much higher and safer returns! In this newsletter, we describe what happened for Silicon Valley Bank failure and propose a better way to bank: on your own.


  • February 27, 2023: Dimensional Fund Advisors and Capital Group ETFs

    February 27, 2023: Dimensional Fund Advisors and Capital Group ETFs

    February 28, 2023

    We look at ETFs from Dimensional Funds Advisor and Capital Group and discuss whether they are suitable for asset allocation portfolios.


  • February 13, 2023: In Praise Of A Conservative Strategic Asset Allocation

    February 13, 2023: In Praise Of A Conservative Strategic Asset Allocation

    February 14, 2023

    We point out that a conservative allocation portfolio could be very effective for many types of investors.


  • January 30, 2023: The Bond Era

    January 30, 2023: The Bond Era

    January 31, 2023

    We have another in-depth look at fixed income (bonds) in the current environment.


  • January 16, 2023: International Stocks In Asset Allocation

    January 16, 2023: International Stocks In Asset Allocation

    January 17, 2023

    Developed country and emerging market stocks have positive tailwind that supports its secular relative strength.


  • January 3, 2023: Review And Outlook

    January 3, 2023: Review And Outlook

    January 4, 2023

    We review our portfolios for last year and discuss this year’s outlook


  • December 19, 2022: Newsletter Collection Update

    December 19, 2022: Newsletter Collection Update

    December 20, 2022

    We summarize newsletters written in the past months.


  • December 5, 2022: Latest Market And Trend Review

    December 5, 2022: Latest Market And Trend Review

    December 6, 2022

    We review the latest market and economy trends and discuss several scenarios including recession and soft landing.


  • November 21, 2022: How To Maximize Your Cash Return

    November 21, 2022: How To Maximize Your Cash Return

    November 22, 2022

    We discuss several cash substitutes, in particular, we look at floating rate Treasury ETFs as cash substitutes


  • November 7, 2022: Tactical Bond Fund Portfolios Consistently Outperform

    November 7, 2022: Tactical Bond Fund Portfolios Consistently Outperform

    November 8, 2022

    Our fixed income portfolios’ excellent outperformance continues. We also review the current bond markets


  • October 24, 2022: S&P 500: A Solid ‘Business’ In A Volatile Time

    October 24, 2022: S&P 500: A Solid ‘Business’ In A Volatile Time

    October 25, 2022

    Itchy to buy stocks as they have come down a lot? You might want to consider an excellent ‘business’ stock: S&P 500 index fund.


  • October 10, 2022: 9.62% Treasury I Bonds: Cash Is Indeed King

    October 10, 2022: 9.62% Treasury I Bonds: Cash Is Indeed King

    October 11, 2022

    Treasury savings I bonds are paying 9.62% annually right now. We detail on what and how to purchase I Bonds


  • September 26, 2022: Markets, Noises, Long Term Strategies …

    September 26, 2022: Markets, Noises, Long Term Strategies …

    September 27, 2022

    We looked at markets and also discuss the important concept of large samples or long term in investing  


  • September 12, 2022: Factor ETFs Review

    September 12, 2022: Factor ETFs Review

    September 13, 2022

    We review smart factor based ETFs and their portfolios.  


  • August 29, 2022: Cash Is King

    August 29, 2022: Cash Is King

    August 30, 2022

    We are showing how to get much higher cash returns in this period of stressful times. 


  • August 15, 2022: Asset Trends Review

    August 15, 2022: Asset Trends Review

    August 16, 2022

    We review asset trends and current economic conditions and discuss their future trends.  


  • August 1, 2022: What We Can Learn From 1970s And 1980s

    August 1, 2022: What We Can Learn From 1970s And 1980s

    August 2, 2022

    We examine price behavior for stocks, bonds and real estates in the inflationary period of 70s and 80s. We also discuss the similarities and differences between that period and the current conditions, as well as their implication on investment portfolios.  


  • July 18, 2022: Fixed Income Is Becoming An Alternative

    July 18, 2022: Fixed Income Is Becoming An Alternative

    July 19, 2022

    We discuss the effectiveness of sector and industry rotation in a rising rate inflationary environment. 


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