Episode 178: AQR Articles, Wild West Gambling Problems, Japan And Portfolio Reviews As Of June 3...

In this episode we answer emails from George, Grant, Visitor #4090, Justin and Lili.  We discuss the long-time usage and popularity of risk parity concepts by professional investors, a levered Golden Butterfly portfolio, the website chat function, Japan, crypto (a little) and consulting services.  And my general laziness. And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the seven sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio (https://www.riskparityradio.com/portfolios) . Additional Links: AQR Paper "Understanding Risk Parity":  Understanding Risk Parity (aqr.com) (https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/White-Papers/Understanding-Risk-Parity) Recent Cliff Asness Interview:   Cliff Asness: Value Stocks Still Look Like a Bargain | The Long View (simplecast.com) (https://the-long-view.simplecast.com/episodes/cliff-asness-value-stocks-still-look-like-a-bargain-Ru0gZ4qM?uni_id=f167a2bb8ffde8614ab51ec62b4f38) Risk Parity Chronicles Resource References:  Resources - Risk Parity Chronicles (https://www.riskparitychronicles.com/tag/resources/) Grant's Levered Golden Butterfly Portfolio:  Backtest Portfolio Asset Allocation (portfoliovisualizer.com) (https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&timePeriod=2&startYear=1985&firstMonth=1&endYear=2022&lastMonth=12&calendarAligned=true&includeYTD=false&initialAmount=10000&annualOperation=0&annualAdjustment=0&inflationAdjusted=true&annualPercentage=0.0&frequency=4&rebalanceType=1&absoluteDeviation=10.0&relativeDeviation=0.0&leverageType=0&leverageRatio=0.0&debtAmount=0&debtInterest=0.0&maintenanceMargin=25.0&leveragedBenchmark=false&reinvestDividends=true&showYield=false&showFactors=false&factorModel=3&benchmark=VFINX&portfolioNames=true&portfolioName1=Grant%27s+Portfolio&portfolioName2=Portfolio+2&portfolioName3=Portfolio+3&symbol1=UPRO&allocation1_1=20&symbol2=TNA&allocation2_1=20&symbol3=TMF&allocation3_1=20&symbol4=UGL&allocation4_1=20&symbol5=GBTC&allocation5_1=20) ETF Database -- Levered Funds:  Leveraged Equity ETF List (etfdb.com) (https://etfdb.com/etfs/leveraged/equity/) Support the show (https://www.riskparityradio.com/support)

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