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Model Portfolios Built with ETFs (IV) - The Intelligent Asset Allocator

Posted by Sun on April 24, 2007 (4) Comment

The fourth segment of the Model Portfolios Built with ETFs series, is making an appearance at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity as a guest article. In this part, I discussed how to build an all-ETF portfolio based on a model in the book, The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein, that consists of, among other asset [...]

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Vanguard Launched Four Bond ETFs

Posted by Sun on April 12, 2007 (5) Comment

Last month while I was researching on ETFs for the Model Portfolios Built with ETFs series, I noticed that mutual fund gaint Vanguard (I guess they will soon be an ETF powerhouse as well) didn’t have any fixed income ETF offerings. All existing ETFs are equity ETFs.
Well, that has just changed as Vanguard introduced four [...]

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Investment Choice: REIT

Posted by Sun on April 6, 2007 (18) Comment

In my previous discussions on building portfolios with ETFs (the last segment can be found here), we have seen REIT (real estate investment trusts) as an ingredient in several of the model portfolios. In fact, if you check some recommended asset allocations (for example, this post on asset allocation at About.com), you will likely to [...]

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Following My Own Advice: Increased My Investment in PHO (a.k.a Water)

Posted by Sun on April 4, 2007 (0) Comment

This morning I sold my position in PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors (PSI) and used the proceeds to buy more PHO, PowerShares’ water ETF. The reason I am interested in investing in water has been explained before, but why PSI?
There are two reasons: First, I already have an investment in semiconductor and that’s TSM, a stock that [...]

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Invest in Water

Posted by Sun on March 26, 2007 (3) Comment

[This article also appears on Seeking Alpha, Water: How to Quench Your Investor Thirst]
Back in November, I had a post on why water could find a place in your portfolio. The main point of the article is as we face a global shortage of drinking water, investing in water makes a sound choice for long [...]

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