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Build Your Own Equity Indexed Annuity or Other Structured Product

July 6, 2015 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

In the last couple months I have flown with three different people who were considering putting large amounts of money into a structured product. One was an Equity Indexed Annuity with an insurance company, another was a Structured Bond with a...

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More About Sequences of Returns

June 10, 2015 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

Author’s note: As some of my readers have pointed out, I have not written an article in a while. I have been busy with some new clients and other things, but mostly it is about getting out of the routine of writing these posts. Hopefully there...

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AQR Capital Management’s Style Premium Fund One Year Later

November 5, 2014 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

Last November AQR Capital Management launched a new fund – QSPIX. This fund seeks to capture four specific style premiums while maintaining a stock market neutral position. Last year I wrote two articles about this fund. You can find those...

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The DIY Investor

April 16, 2014 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

I have an article in the latest issue of “The Widget”, a magazine put out by the Delta ALPA Master Executive Council. Below is a copy of that article.

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Is This Mutual Fund A Game Changer? Part 2

January 23, 2014 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

In last week’s post I talked about a new fund – QSPIX from AQR. It is a long/short fund that seeks to capture four style premiums across multiple asset classes and countries. Since the return of this fund is derived from sources different from...

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So You Think Interest Rates Are Rising…So Does The Market

December 9, 2013 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zDjNNPAqvE&w=420&h=315] Today I discuss how the current term structure of bond yields can tell you what the market thinks interest rates will be in the future. In the video I use an example of an...

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More About Mortgages And The Math of Bonds

October 10, 2013 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

In last week’s post we looked at some of the pros and cons of paying off your mortgage (most of them were pros). An argument for not paying off your mortgage was that if interest rates rise you may eventually be in a positive arbitrage position –...

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Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage?

September 30, 2013 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

Like most things in personal finance, there is no clear cut answer as to whether you should pay off your mortgage or continue to hold one. Everyone’s individual situation is different, and today we will discuss some considerations investors...

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Choosing a Proper Benchmark

September 18, 2013 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKp9rAJSRE&w=420&h=315] The book “The Most Powerful Idea in the World” by William Rosen chronicles the story of the steam engine and dives into the history of the influential figures that were...

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Luck versus Skill In Investment Performance

September 3, 2013 by Grand Street Wealth Management 0

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3KvzeJppcA&w=420&h=315] Consistently beating the market is very hard to do. There are, however, a few investors that have shown they have the skill to do it. But how do you know if an investor is...

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