In this episode we answer two looooong emails from Mark and Andreas.  We discuss Mark's quandaries with a 457 plan and Andreas's Risk Parity fever brought on by topics that include how to choose ETFs for each asset class, leverage in bond funds, TIPS, a proposed portfolio, other alternatives like long-short, market neutral and options strategies and musings about taxes and currency exposures.   And then we conclude with Polo Hofer.

Links:

Father McKenna Center donation page: Donate - Father McKenna Center

Risk Parity Chronicles video tutorial on asset swapping: How to Do an Asset Swap - YouTube

Risk Parity Chronicles series on TIPS: Eight Observations About TIPS (riskparitychronicles.com)

ETF Database: ETF Database: The Original & Comprehensive Guide to ETFs (etfdb.com)

Bloomberg Presentation on Asset Classes in Inflationary Environments: MH201-SteveHou-Bloomberg.pdf (markethuddle.com)

Vanguard Commodities Paper: Commodity investing and its role in a portfolio (vanguard.com)

Antti Ilmanen books: Books by Antti Ilmanen (Author of Expected Returns) (goodreads.com)

EconoMe Conference: EconoMe Conference - March 17th-19th, 2023