Tag: Asset Liability Matching
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Is the Lifecycle Model Dead? New Research on Optimal Retirement Asset Allocation
Recently, I’ve been exploring optimal retirement asset allocations. Conventional wisdom suggests that savers should invest more conservatively as they approach retirement. The lifecycle model of investing, for example, posits that an individual’s investment strategy should change over their lifetime based on their age, financial goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. During accumulation, investors typically have…
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Lifecycle Investing and Stock Market Mean Reversion
A short follow-up this week to a post a couple of weeks ago when we discussed the stock market’s longest losing streak. At the time, I was working on an asset liability matching exercise to inform my asset allocation. My interest in this topic was inspired by a presentation from Bill Bernstein over at Paul…
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The Stock Market’s Longest Losing Streak
I was recently working on an asset-liability matching exercise for my financial plan. Asset-liability matching is exactly what it sounds like: a financial strategy where you match your investment assets (stocks, bonds and cash) with your liabilities (debts and spending). The core idea is to match the timing of cash needs with asset liquidation or…
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