Modern Portfolio Theory

A Better Way to Set Retirement Goals

So one wants his epitaph to read “Here lies John Doe. He beat the S&P 500.” There needs to be an easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement system that properly reflects both your goals and the consequences of failing to meet those goals. Retirement savers want and need a system that represents a better way to set and meet retirement goals.

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The Folly of Risk and the 401k Fiduciary

Many professionals and most of the current generation of finance professors have long ago removed “risk” from their investment decision-making algorithms. These forward-thinking folks recognize the greater importance of managing retirement saver behavior over managing irrelevant investment risk as it pertains to meeting or exceeding the goal of retiring in comfort.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 5/26/17

Compliance craziness, Fiduciary Rule rising, and tossing MPT (and Indexing, too?).

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When is it OK (and not OK) to mix TDFs with other funds?

Investing through mutual funds, including TDFs, is like using mass transportation. It’s not ideal but for many it’s the only realistic choice.

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FiduciaryNews.com Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 3/3/17

State Run Plans DOA? Fiduciary’s Long Goodbye? and Products Trump Investments?

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7 Deadly Sins Every ERISA Fiduciary Must Avoid: The 6th Deadly Sin – Not-So “Modern” Portfolio Theory

What if I told you that something vital to top business schools, the financial services industry, your business and your clients’ success and satisfaction doesn’t work as advertised?

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Retirement Planning Using Return Assumptions vs. Return Requirements – A Fiduciary Perspective

The evolution towards more effective retirement planning is already underway, and many fiduciaries are breathing a sigh of relief because of it.

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The Hows, Whys, and Right and Wrong Way to Use Asset Allocation

The future of true asset allocation may lie in understanding its past.

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