As Alpholio ™ stated in previous posts, the decision about the percentage of cash should really be left to the
investor at the portfolio level rather than to a manager of each mutual fund.
A different return pattern among the individual stocks would have produced a different
result at the portfolio level — so the usefulness of our example hinges on an empirical question: to what degree are real - life stock returns skewed to the right?
I was particularly interested in this analysis, because of what I might learn about passive index investing and active management
comparisons at the portfolio level, which is what counts in personal investment management.
This will include exploring AI and statistical predictive models for valuing disputes and predicting outcomes, predicting cost overruns and case length and managing
litigation at a portfolio level.
But following a Schloss style of investing allows you to build a margin of
safety at the portfolio level, and treat your portfolio like an insurance actuary thinks about the insurance business.
Beginning on 12/15/2017 the assets displayed are
at the Portfolio level.
At the portfolio level, risk management tools are also used, such as diversification across companies, sectors and industries to achieve a risk - reward profile suitable for the Fund's objectives.
Generally, the two scenarios in which there are significant cost savings are: 1) When implementing the desired allocation at the account level (rather than
at the portfolio level) results in using high - cost funds, and 2) When implementing the desired allocation at the account level (rather than at the portfolio level) results in using tax - inefficient funds in a taxable account.
I didn't start tracking
this at the portfolio level until last year, but it looks like I was around 7 %.
At the portfolio level, we monitor risk periodically, but no less than quarterly to evaluate and stress test the impact of various macro risk factors such as a sovereign crisis.