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Explore the key methods of asset allocation, from strategic to market timing. Learn about equities, fixed income, and alternative investments. Discover how to determine your asset allocation based on risk tolerance, goals, and tax efficiency. Utilize rebalancing techniques to maintain your desired portfolio mix for long-term success.
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Asset Allocation!! Virtual Boglehead Chapter Manny
What is asset allocation? -Wikipedia -Boglehead Wiki
Methods of Asset Allocation • Strategic – “Buy and Hold” • Tactical Asset Allocation – based of economic or valuations factors • Market Timing – predicting market moves and investing based on predictions
Equities: ownership in a public company = stocks Cash Equivalents : Savings, money market, Cash deposit (CDs)
Fixed Income: Bonds – a loan issued to a holder with a return on interest Alternative Investments: Hedge funds, real estate, commodities
Capitalization ( sum of a corporation's stock, long-term debt and retained earnings = outstanding shares multiplied by share price.) Style – type of fund being invested in VGTSX
Style -Value - stocks are selected that trade for less than their intrinsic values. Solid “fundamentals” - E.g. Fitbit example -Growth - company whose earnings are expected to grow at an above-average rate relative to the market. -E.g. Are overvalued by market but expected to grow – e.g. Amazon -Blend – combination of Value and Growth • Capitalization • -Large - > $10 billion • -Medium – $2 – 10 billion • -Small - < $2 billion
Equities • Higher risk and Higher Rewards • Tolerate up to 50% drop in stocks • S&P500 Annual CAGR inflation adjusted • 6.66% (for the century) • 5.72% (for the decade) • 10.65% (for the past 5 years) • 5.02% (for the past year) • International • Recommended to have 20-40% per Vanguard White paper • Currency diversification • Domestic • “recommended” to have between 60-80% of equities in domestic stocks (for US citizens)
More Details – Bonds and TIPS • Bonds – 2-4% return • Short and intermediate term bond funds • More stable against market crashes • Tax-exempt municipal bonds • Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) • treasury security that is indexed to inflation in order to protect investors from the negative effects of inflation • Acts as a bond fund though is a security
The Efficient Market Hypothesis • Markowitz
The Efficient Market Hypothesis • You don’t know anything that everyone else does not • All our collective knowledge is already in the price • Market timing is futile • Stop listening to the noise! • Jack Bogle: The “Low Cost” hypothesis: Costs matter, markets don’t have to be efficient
Risk • Risk – uncertainty of investment (often measured by standard deviation) = volatility • Risk tolerance – an individuals ability to tolerate risk • Swedroe Factor’s for Risk Tolerance • Ability – based on age/retirement age/stability of income, liquidity of assets • Willingness • Need
How to Determine Your Asset Allocation? • Based on ability, need and willingness • Based on goals • Maximizing Reward for risk • Utilizing tax-efficiency • Allocating between Tax Advantaged (Roth IRA, IRA, 401k, 529) and non-tax advantaged (brokerage, cash) accounts • Finding index funds with lower Expense Ratios
How is it done? For example: • Emergency Fund • Cash $5k • CD $5k • Brokerage Account • VGTSX (International Index) $20k (20%) • Roth IRA • TIPS $10 k (10%) • 401k • VTSMX (Domestic Index) $30k (30%) • VBIIX (Intermediate bond fund) $30k (30%)
What to do in the future? Rebalancing • Likely only more helpful when in volatile market situations • Rebalancing more often does not lead to better results • Variation in frequency of rebalancing (month to year timeframe)
Rebalancing Example VGTSX increases 100% in value to 40k You can either invest bond funds, domestic or TIPS and/or sell VGTSX • Portfolio Value (100k) • Desired AA = Intl Eq (20), Domestic Eq (50), Bonds (20), TIPS (10) • Emergency Fund • Cash $5k • CD $5k • Brokerage Account • VGTSX (International Index) $20k (20%) • Roth IRA • TIPS $10 k • 401k • VTSMX (Domestic Index) $50k • VBIIX (Intermediate bond fund) $20k • Portfolio Value (120k) • Desired AA = Intl Eq (20), Domestic Eq (50), Bonds (20), TIPS (10) • Emergency Fund • Cash $5k • CD $5k • Brokerage Account • VGTSX (International Index) $40k (30%) • Roth IRA • TIPS $10 k • 401k • VTSMX (Domestic Index) $50k • VBIIX (Intermediate bond fund) $20k • Portfolio Value (120k) • Desired AA = Intl Eq (20), Domestic Eq (50), Bonds (20), TIPS (10) • Emergency Fund • Cash $5k • CD $5k • Brokerage Account • VGTSX (International Index) $24k • Roth IRA • TIPS $12 k • 401k • VTSMX (Domestic Index) $60k • VBIIX (Intermediate bond fund) $24k
Resources • Boglehead Forum and Wiki • Richard Ferri – Asset Allocation • Larry Swedroe • White Coat Investor
Q& A • Should valuation changes determine AA changes?