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433 Plus: Wealth Trackers Review, How Many Bond Funds, Inflation and the Trillion Dollar Coin

May 20, 2023 by David Stein · Updated June 6, 2023

In Plus episode 433, we compare Kubera to Exirio. We discuss bond portfolio structure and compare the DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund to the DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund. Finally, we discuss how federal budget deficits, quantitative easing, quantitative tightening, and minting a trillion coin contribute to wealth, liquidity, and inflation. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bonds, DBLFX, DBLTX, debt ceiling, DoubleLine, quantitative easing, quantitative trading, trillion dollar coin, wealth trackers

420 Plus: Member Case Study Follow-Up and AI Investing

February 11, 2023 by David Stein · Updated February 24, 2023

In Plus episode 420, we follow up with two members featured in previous Plus episodes about what they chose to do. We analyze investing using AI including the AI Equity Powered ETF (AIEQ). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, member portfolio review, quantitative trading

210: Are There Always Winners and Losers When Trading?

June 20, 2018 by David Stein · Updated May 27, 2021

Why fair markets require uncertainty for both the buyer and the seller, and why sellers don't need to disclose everything they know to the buyer. Photo by Nitin Bhosale In this episode you’ll learn: What should be disclosed when selling an asset.What is the difference between hiding a defect and not revealing information that might impact the future price.Why fair markets have uncertainty for both the buyers and sellersHow algorithms have changed stock investing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: algorithms, Cicero (Marcus Tullius), high frequency trading, quantitative trading, Taleb (Nassim Nicholas)

205 Plus: May 2018 Mid Month Update and Quantitative Strategies

May 19, 2018 by David Stein · Updated May 12, 2021

This week May 19, 2018, we look at where market stand in terms of performance, interest rates and other market conditions. We also look at quantitative strategies and trading bots and whether as individual investors we should be concerned. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: quantitative trading, trading, trading bots

161 Plus: Monte Carlo Analysis, Quant Funds and Interest Rate Hedged ETFs

June 17, 2017 by David Stein · Updated May 24, 2021

This week June 17, 2017 on Money For the Rest of Us Plus we run some scenarios using Portfolio Visualizer's Monte Carlo Analysis to get a sense of whether the results are accurate and can be trusted. We also look at what are quantitative strategies. Finally, we compare an investment grade corporate bond interest rate hedged ETF with a short-term corporate bond fund. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: interest rate hedges, Monte Carlo simulation, quan, quantitative trading

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