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Back to EpisodesEpisode 27: What About Utilities As An Allocation In A Risk-Parity Style Portfolio?
Description
In this episode, which is a follow-up to Episode 25, we analyze as an investment in utilities for a risk-parity style portfolio using David Stein's 10 Questions to Master Investing, which are:
1. What is it?
2. Is it an investment, a speculation, or a gamble?
3. What is the upside?
4. What is the downside?
5. Who is on the other side of the trade?
6. What is the investment vehicle?
7. What does it take to be successful?
8. Who is getting a cut?
9. How does it impact your portfolio?
10. Should you invest?
Links and References:
Optimal Finance Daily Podcast Episode 1329: https://oldpodcast.com/1329-is-value-investing-dead-by-vitaliy-katsenelson-of-contrarian-edge-on-growth-stocks-fang/
Fi-Lexible Webinar (scheduled for Nov 1, 2020): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-webinar-are-you-fi-lexible-tickets-125036815481
Episode 7 re the Three Principles: https://www.riskparityradio.com/podcast/episode/4ec882cb/episode-7-how-to-construct-a-risk-parity-style-portfolio-from-basic-principles
Correlation Matrix for Utility ETFs: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/asset-correlations?s=y&symbols=VTSAX%2C+TLT%2C+GLD%2C+VNQ%2C+XLU%2C+VPU%2C+FUTY%2C+IDU&timePeriod=2&tradingDays=60&months=36
Portfolio Visualizer Backtest of Portfolios with REITs and Utilities: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&timePeriod=2&startYear=1985&firstMonth=1&endYear=2020&lastMonth=12&calendarAligned=true&includeYTD=false&initialAmount=10000&annualOperation=0&annualAdjustment=0&inflationAdjusted=true&annualPercentage=0.0&frequency=4&rebalanceType=1&absoluteDeviation=5.0&relativeDeviation=25.0&showYield=false&reinvestDividends=true&portfolioNames=false&portfolioName1=Portfolio+1&portfolioName2=Portfolio+2&portfolioName3=Portfolio+3&symbol1=VTI&allocation1_1=42&allocation1_2=42&allocation1_3=42&symbol2=TLT&allocation2_1=26&allocation2_2=26&allocation2_3=26&symbol3=GLD&allocation3_1=16&allocation3_2=16&allocation3_3=16&symbol4=XLU&allocation4_1=10&allocation4_3=5&symbol5=VGSIX&allocation5_2=10&allocation5_3=5&symbol6=CASHX&allocation6_1=6&allocation6_2=6&allocation6_3=6