Smarter Investing: Simpler Decisions for Better Results (Financial Times Series)

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The medium-term bonds defend against downturns, without the eye-bleed inflation risk of their longer-dated cousins. Of course, nothing is certain and Hale’s underscoring of the investing vagaries is one of the great favours he does DIY investors. If you are worried about synthetic derivatives that some ETF’s use to mimic an index then open end index funds such as are produced by Vanguard or HSBC are the way to go. PDF / EPUB File Name: Smarter_Investing_Simpler_Decision_for_Better_Results_-_Tim_Hale.pdf, Smarter_Investing_Simpler_Decision_for_Better_Results_-_Tim_Hale.epub Hale is clearly ambivalent about these risks, as he continues to make a good case for the role of commodity futures in a portfolio. However, when forced off the fence he decides that discretion is the better part of valour this time.

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The benefits are extra diversification and yield, though Hale emphasises the importance of ensuring global bonds are hedged to Sterling. (There’s no point taking on currency risk in the portion of your portfolio that’s meant to cushion you against volatility.)Andy – he seems to be saying 6% for equities and 1% for bonds, both after inflation. That is my reading of his tables. Not sure what the previous version had? Personally, I reject the idea that anyone with a 10-year+ time horizon should be 100% in equities if they are “properly educated”. In my investing journey from 2000, 100% S&P index would have been worth 93% a decade later (72% in real terms). Compare to 156% in cash, 210% in 10y+ USTs, 198% in commodities. It was 2021 when US equities finally outperformed a 60:40 portfolio.

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a). If greater, reduce bond allocation % to 10x the portfolio bonds’ weighted average yield to maturity figure.For a variety of reasons I then decided to take my DB early once it provided enough to cover, at least, the ‘essentials’ . Which means I have ended up with even more floor assets in the Pot outside the DB scheme. And if you already have some bonds – I have uk short, uk inflation and global agg ( hedged ) – all at big losses would you hold for now or sell and rebuy if you like this mix ( eg the I did’nt know about the global inflation linked option) From here, you can easily move up the gears to a classic 60/40 portfolio, or even more gung-ho allocations if you discover you’d sell your grandmother to buy more shares in a market meltdown. The Permanent Portfolio does something very different from the other investment portfolio examples. It deliberately underweights equities and focuses on suppressing the volatility that makes conventional portfolios such a rollercoaster. This portfolio is adapted from the British wealth manager’s excellent UK-focussed investment book, Smarter Investing.

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Is % allocation figure generated after steps 1. and 2. greater or less than 10x the portfolio bonds’ weighted average yield to maturity? Last few posts resonate with me. I’m 7-8 years away from FI but 95% equities so still carrying substantial risk, although my FI date isn’t a hard stop for RE. I am planning on rebalancing though contributions into a more balanced portfolio such as RFA. He says that the 80 / 20 rule (the Pareto principle) holds true in investment as much as anywhere else. FWIW, I am now over 6.5 years RE and recently started my DB pension – around four years ahead of my baseline plan at retirement. I have always used a floor and upside approach; so carried a relatively large amount of non-equities into retirement.The famed Yale endowment fund manager came up with this portfolio for passive investors in his superb investing book Unconventional Success. 3 He loves working with Albion’s clients and takes immense pleasure in seeing them develop and grow, in the knowledge that Albion has played a small part in their success. Like the other team members, he loves investing and likes nothing better than a piece of deep research. All-World’s lowest point in 2022 is -13.6% vs -8% for RFA portfolio (this is 60/10/10/10/10 version). The truth is there is no one portfolio to rule them all. Whichever load-out ‘won’ the last decade or three is unlikely to top the podium in the future.

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Seems that JPLG has more of a smaller bias. It’s largest holdings are 0.3%, whereas FSWD has FB, Apple, Exxon, MSFT, Cisco, Walmart all above 2% each… It answers more questions than an energy company boss before a Parliamentary Select Committee – except that with Hale the answers are usually satisfactory and the light bulbs should stay on. If you’re struggling to push the button and finally invest for real, fear not. It happened to me and many better investors besides. You are not alone. Hale’s response is – like a number of American commentators – to go short-dated and to consider diversifying your bond holdings. Running a pretend portfolio is no good. Investing is for a period of years. By the time you have seen any results, the ship will have sailed.It sounds wonderful but the downside is you need a very large portfolio to generate enough income, even if you choose high-yielding dividend funds – as we’ve done for this load-out. Tim Hale has spent over 15 years in the active investment management world, working in London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Currently he leads his firm Albion Strategic Consulting, in providing consulting and investment training to the investment and wealth management industry, which he set up in 2001 after working at Chase Asset Management (now part of JP Morgan), in both sales and strategy roles. This experience has provided a unique insight into the struggles that most investors face, an inside view of good and bad practices of the industry and a determination to share this knowledge through his consulting and training business, and this book. So much for an AVC, but what about an ISA? If the Chancellor were to permit transfers from S&S ISAs to Cash ISAs, would it be wise to sell bonds and go to cash?