Stop Reinvesting Dividends When You Retire Some people think you should always reinvest dividends. Others think perhaps there are times when you should stop reinvesting dividends when you retire. When should you stop reinvesting dividends before you retire? What is […]
Three Accounts and the 3-Fund Portfolio Simplicity is a 3-fund portfolio. Total US and International equity funds and a bond fund are baked together in a set asset allocation. There is much more to consider when you have different […]
Asset Allocation depends on Risk Tolerance Risk Tolerance and Asset Allocation are tied at the hip and depend on age and recency bias. How you understand risk—and how you balance the stock/bond proportion in your portfolio—is the most important decision […]
401a, 403b, and 457b Plans Physicians are high-income professionals who optimally defer income into retirement plans during peak earning years. If you can access a 401a vs 403b vs 457b, you work for the government or a not-for-profit hospital system. Which […]
Bond Alternatives People have way too much cash right now. Yet, some fear bonds after what happened in 2022. You need safer assets in your portfolio once you have passed the accumulation phase. Cash has poor long-term returns and is […]
In a New Era of Bonds Do I need Bonds in my portfolio? Bonds were a big loser during 2022 and ZIRP (zero interest rate period). We are in a new bond era with a non-zero interest rate, so […]
Managed Futures or Trend Following Managed futures suffer from a branding problem. Just like high yield is better than junk, and private credit is better than hard money, a rebranding will revive managed futures in the next decade. However, […]
Bullet Bond ETFs Your asset allocation has risk on one side and safer assets on the other. For instance, a 60/40 portfolio has 60% Stocks and 40% Fixed Income. Different ways of structuring your safer part of the portfolio […]
Do I need more Large Cap Value? Most people are underweight Large Cap Value in their portfolio. I dived deep into my US equity holdings but am underweighting large value. Is there a large value premium that should have me […]