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THE RACE TO 0% (EP.4)

2018/8/8
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In Episode 4 of the Rational Reminder podcast we discussed the following:

  • The longest bull market in history?
  • Are we repeating the tech bubble?
  • Why it still makes sense to hold bonds
  • Rebalancing isn’t always easy
  • The Lost Decade, sort of
  • Is tax-loss selling worth it?
  • Horizons’ marketing mistake
  • One decision funds
  • Index fund fees are finally at 0%
  • Sec lending is the future of index fund revenue
  • Charley Ellis on the history of active management
  • There are less willing losers today than there were in the past
  • The paradox of skill
  • Active managers underperform consistently
  • Daniel Kahneman does not believe active management works
  • If you think you have intuition about stocks, you’re wrong
  • Corporate DB pension plans are not risk-free

 

The stories we talked about:

 

  • This bull market could become the longest in history this month)
  • Tax-Loss Harvesting: Should Investors Believe the Hype?)
  • Horizons ETFs Launching 0% Management Fee ETF Portfolio Solutions)
  • Free Fidelity Funds Stoke Price War in Bid to Catch Index Giants)
  • ETFs still gathering assets, but inflows slow as investors favor lower-cost funds)
  • CHARLEY ELLIS – INDEXING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES (EP.62))
  • Then, and now)
  • Kahneman's Insights: Beyond Thinking Fast and Slow)
  • 'It's going to be hard': Sears pension payments cut by 30% this week)

 

The charts we talked about:

Source: PWL Capital  

  Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices)   For more information or to contact Cameron and Ben, visit pwlcapital.com)