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The modern tontine combines the risk pooling of defined benefit pension plans with the flexibility of a personal portfolio. We explain how it works and illustrate its use in retirement income planning. In conjunction with variable withdrawals and...
Previously we have discussed risk and return. In this note we bring the two together to give some guidance to picking the mix of bonds and stocks that fit both your goals and your risk tolerance....
The opening sentence of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” might equally be applied to retirees where goals can be multilayered and risk management more complex than investors who...
Risks are about the future, and they are everywhere: there is risk to your investment returns, risk to your retirement nest egg and risk to your retirement income. We show that selecting the appropriate risk measure can lead to better outcomes....
Who is Mr. Market: is he just a guy at the bar or does he have superpower? After decades of scientific study and a few Nobel prizes we have some answers....
The terms risk and return are so common that you would think they are clearly understood. Not so. We tackle investment rates of return first. Simple, annualized and compound returns. The rate of return is one of many ways of measuring investment...