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The Diversification Myth of Alternative Investments: How Illiquidity is Mistaken for Low Correlation

February 1, 2022 By Jon Luskin 5 Comments

Alternative investments are investments that are not stocks, bonds, or cash. The list of alternatives is endless: real estate, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, timberland, fine art, farmland, reinsurance, private lending, and more. Alternatives are often pitched as a magical way to diversify an investment portfolio. They are said to be immune from the […]

Everything is Correlated: Debunking the Sales Pitch of Private REITs, Syndicates, and Other High-Fee Real Estate Funds

January 5, 2022 By Jon Luskin 3 Comments

Twice now, clients have shown up for a portfolio review when holding Blackstone’s REIT fund. Depending on which version of this fund you have, you may pay between 1.25% and 1.50% in annual fees. That outrageous fee is in addition to a 12.5% performance fee for returns over five percent. Said simply: it’s expensive. Given […]

More Risk for Less Return: Why Paying Off Debt – If Investing in Bonds – Make Sense; or Mortgage Arbitrage with Low Interest Rates

October 2, 2021 By Jon Luskin 9 Comments

SUMMARY: Pay off debt if bonds make up any part of your investment portfolio. Even with a portfolio as aggressive as 90% stocks and just 10% bonds, anything with a non-zero interest rate should be paid off. This idea – to prepay debt if investing in bonds – comes as a surprise to those investors […]

Future Housing Returns are Stark

August 25, 2021 By Jon Luskin 11 Comments

In the June 2021 issue of the Financial Planning Association’s Journal of Financial Planning, I wrote a short piece on housing. In the article, I pointed to the rise in prices. I argued that while housing has done well over the last couple of decades, that trend may not continue. Given that uncertainty, funding retirement […]

How to Interpret Monte Carlo Outcomes

April 3, 2021 By Jon Luskin 2 Comments

Showcasing different "success rates" in financial planning software using Monte Carlo analysis.

How do I present probabilistic outcomes (i.e., Monte Carlo simulations) to financial planning clients? I was asked this question recently – while consulting with a company on developing their financial planning software. Fortunately, the answer is straightforward: frame Monte Carlo results not as the likelihood of financial plan failure, but as the “probability of adjustment.” […]

Just Buy Value

February 22, 2021 By Jon Luskin Leave a Comment

I’ve had a couple of conversations with some lay investors of late. Both times, friends approached me with questions about investing. They were looking to profit off the pandemic, intrigued by the opportunity to buy certain stocks on the cheap. Travel and tourism stocks – they reasoned – were ripe for recovery (once the impacts […]

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jonluskin Jon Luskin, CFP® @jonluskin ·
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Talking bond correlation with @christine_benz was a treat!

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Bogleheads® Live Ep 5: Christine Benz on correlations & sustainable distributions #PFshare via @jonluskin https://jonluskin.com/bogleheads-live-ep-5-christine-benz-on-correlations-sustainable-distributions/

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jonluskin Jon Luskin, CFP® @jonluskin ·
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"Don't use a SEP IRA. Use an individual #401k instead."

Good advice from Jim Dahle (@wcinvestor).

Generally, an individual 401K is going to make more sense.

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Gentleman, lower your fees.

~Jack Bogle

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