What mutual funds and ETFs do we own? and more Q and A from the AAII Conference 360

In this podcast, Paul is joined by Daryl Bahls and Chris Pedersen to answer a variety of questions posed during the AAII Conference 360. 

1. What mutual funds and ETFs do you personally own? Paul, Chris and Daryl share their individual approaches and holdings.


2. Are there any good-to-excellent small cap newsletters Paul recommends?  In the answer Paul references  http://hulbertratings.com/ , the best source of newsletter results, and also the "Cabot Turnaround Newsletter" and "Nate’s Notes."


3. Where can we get a list of small cap value funds and ETFs?


4. In your distribution tables, by inflation adjusting the distributions but not the value of the portfolio holdings, doesn’t that mislead a potential investor?


5. Where can we get the free copy of  We’re Talking Millions! ?


6. What are the specific 4 funds you recommend an investor hold for life?  Paul includes mention of links to recommended funds or ETFs: https://paulmerriman.com/vanguard-tax-deferred-etf-portfolios/ https://paulmerriman.com/best-in-class-etf-recommendations/ https://paulmerriman.com/4-fund-portfolios/


7. When re-balancing the 2 Funds for Life, do you strictly look at the end-of-year value of each asset, or are there other criteria you recommend evaluating?


8. My Schwab account rates my portfolio on risk vs. return.  Is this the ultimate way to measure how I am doing?


9. If your account is taxable will using factor investing and rebalancing create a tax drag that overwhelms the better expected returns?


10. Chris, which websites did your AAII panel on Factor Investing recommend for researching funds and learning about factor investing: https://paulmerriman.com/best-in-class-etf-recommendations/ https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/ https://www.morningstar.com/ https://www.etf.com/ https://alphaarchitect.com/blog/

Daryl Bahls is Director of Analytics for  The Merriman Financial Education Foundation  and Chris Pedersen is Director of Research and author of the new book,  2 Funds for Life: A quest for simple & effective investing strategies available at Amazon and other online booksellers.

You can watch Paul’s presentation Small-Cap Value presentation here.

You can get your free copy of  We’re Talking Millions!  right here.

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