Seeking Alpha's Jonathan Liss recently spoke with Gary to find out how he planned to use ETFs — including alternative ETF strategies not frequently found in more
typical investor portfolios — to position clients in 2013.
«We're looking for the unintended risks that are in
the typical investor portfolio, and are trying to mitigate those risks,» White said.
I started with a basic buy and hold portfolio of 5 ETFs that might represent
a typical investor portfolio.
Not exact matches
Will certain verification standards have the effect of pushing up a
typical, minimum angel investment size, even as the proliferation of accredited crowdfunding platforms is taking angel investing in the opposite direction, i.e., smaller investments per
investor per deal, and the spreading of an individual angel's investment capital over a broader
portfolio?
How do the
typical portfolio and performance of self - directed
investors differ from those of
investors who employ financial advisors?
For instance, the UK represents less than 3 % of the world equity markets, but the proportion of UK equities in a
typical UK
investor's
portfolio is often 40 % or more.
McClung recognizes that his equal balanced
portfolios (e.g his Triad one) will be less comfortable for
typical investors, and evaluates wider range, but all the best performing
portfolios using his methods are equal balanced.
The argument comes from veteran value
investor David Winters,
portfolio manager of Wintergreen Fund, who in his latest letter to shareholders says that the
typical S&P 500 index fund incurred expenses of over 4.3 % in 2016.
Until recently, and because of the
typical minimum investment thresholds for most private real estate deals ($ 250,000 +), REITs have been the only viable option for
investors wanting to diversify their
portfolio by investing in real estate.
If you're a
typical long - term
investor, your
portfolio should provide you with the broadest possible exposure to the major asset classes.
You should expect a total rate of return of 4 % to 7 % a year (not adjusted for inflation) on a
typical diversified
portfolio over the coming years, he says, even though surveys show many
investors still think they will get well over 8 %.
The sobering fact is that the
typical equity mutual fund
investor's
portfolio has lagged inflation from 1984 to 2003, while barely beating inflation over the last couple of decades, according to a study done by Dalbar, a Boston investment research company.
This means the fund makes fewer changes to its
portfolio than the
typical mutual fund, so it generates fewer short - term capital gains to be passed on to
investors.
For a
typical investor, you shouldn't have invested more than 5 % of your
portfolio in a company like Amazon in 1998 - it's too risky.
My point is, rather that comparing the Streetwise
Portfolios to the optimal solution, let's compare them to the
typical investor's situation.
We view high
portfolio turnover (that is - buying and selling of stocks) as one of the primary wealth destroyers for
typical investors.
My guess is that, just as the
typical investor always needs 25 percent of his
portfolio to be stable (out of high - volatile asset classes), he also feels comfortable having 25 percent invested in volatile asset classes even at times of high risk (high valuation).
I believe that a
typical investor needs to have the return from at least 25 percent of his
portfolio to be predictable.
I believe that the
typical investor can reasonably pursue a 30 - year buy - and - hold strategy for a PORTION of his
portfolio.
A
typical LSIF
investor holds a diversified
portfolio of small to mid-size companies, and may specialize in certain sectors, such as biotechnology or information technology.
Charts comparing the performance of the Robo I Strategy against a
typical 60/40 stock / bond
portfolio allocation and the i3, an index that represents the average returns of the do - it - yourself
investor.
If an
investor were to assemble a
portfolio such as this out of
typical Canadian mutual funds, it will cost at least 10 times more or about $ 2,750 per year or $ 7.50 every single day.
For everyday
investors, the
typical tack was to give their
portfolios a tilt toward small and value stocks, by purchasing index funds that focused on these two areas.
He suggests a
typical 60 - year - old
investor consider putting as little as 20 % or 25 % of a
portfolio in stocks, 8 % in gold, and the rest (67 % to 72 %) in fixed income and cash.
The standard advice for «specialty» type investments like gold is an absolute maximum of 10 per cent of your
portfolio, with 5 per cent being a more
typical ceiling for the average
investor.
A
typical value
investor might spend time studying the fundamental assumptions and approaches to value investing, techniques for assessing fundamental value — balance sheet and earnings power approaches, or structuring value - based
portfolios to control risk and designing strategies for searching efficiently for value investing opportunities.
Gorman of TD Waterhouse says a
typical income
investor might consider an equity mix across her overall
portfolio of «at least» 60 % Canadian, with the remainder divided between 24 % invested in the U.S. and 16 % in non-U.S. international stocks.
Offbeat Offerings Laddered Bond
Portfolios An
investor reference for products that are not your
typical offering.
Consider the holding period for mutual funds and index funds to be indefinite, and then consider three types of stock
investor: (i) AAII Model
Portfolio, currently with 27 stocks; (ii) A
typical investor as cited in the related Steven Sears article holding 27 stocks for an average 3.27 - year holding period (turnover ratio 30.58 %); and (iii) An
investor who holds 27 stocks for the five - year average
typical of a market cycle (20 % turnover ratio).
Sophisticated and newbie
investors may want a broader investment
portfolio with a wider range of asset classes than the
typical robo - advisor offers.
It's not fair to compare brokerage costs of $ 25 a month, since it would cost much more than that for individual
investors to invest in 7 - 8 ETFs themselves, which is the
typical size of a StashAway
portfolio
As a result,
investors shouldn't expect too much from a
typical bond
portfolio.
The
typical investor in this category is either retired and getting their paycheck from
portfolio income, soon to be retired, or has been burned by poor investment management and has lost money in the past.
The
typical investors in life settlement
portfolios are sophisticated entities such as banks, insurance companies, pension funds and hedge funds.