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Tactical Asset Allocation: Surveying the Damage in March

Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) weathered the storm in March well, significantly paring down losses versus conventional buy & hold. We track 50+ TAA strategies sourced from books, papers, etc., allowing us to draw some broad conclusions about TAA as a style. In the table below we show the March and YTD returns of these 50+ […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance

This Crisis Has Not Been Kind to Tactical ETFs

DIY tactical asset allocation (i.e. the types of public strategies that we cover on this site) has been strong through this crisis. Tactical ETFs on the other hand have struggled badly. We track 50+ DIY TAA strategies, allowing us to draw some broad conclusions about TAA as a style. In the graph below we show […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance, Tactical ETFs

Where Tactical Asset Allocation Stands Now (Monday 03/23)

Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) as a whole continues to weather the fallout well, significantly paring down losses versus a conventional buy & hold portfolio. Individual strategies vary widely. We track 50+ published TAA strategies, allowing us to draw some broad conclusions about TAA as a style. In the table below we show the MTD/YTD returns […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance

Where Tactical Asset Allocation Stands Now (Thursday 03/12) – Updated

Edit 03/18: This situation is getting sufficiently scary, in a way that transcends investing, that we’re going to slow down these periodic updates. Based on how TAA entered the month it should be pretty easy to extrapolate where returns stand now. Will post our next update at the end of this week. Stay safe out […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance

Where Tactical Asset Allocation Stands Now (Monday 03/09)

We’ve fielded a lot of questions this morning about how Tactical Asset Allocation is faring this month. We track 50+ published strategies, so we’re able to draw some broad conclusions about the current state of TAA. Generally speaking, all is well. Individual strategies vary, but as a whole, TAA has weathered the storm so far. […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance

Last Week (Painfully) Illustrated the Importance of Non-Binary Portfolios

This is one of my favorite takes of the last week. It was tweeted on Friday, which held two distinctions: (1) It capped off a helluva scary week, and (2) It just so happened to be month-end, when many TAA strategies trade by default. The managers I envy the LEAST today are those who run […]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts

Where TAA Stands Now

We rarely comment on the current state of the market. The whole point of all this time we spend designing smart, agile rule-based portfolios is so that we don’t have to run around with our hair on fire when all hell breaks loose. Trading on emotion is almost always a bad idea. Having said that, […]

Filed Under: TAA Performance

Investing in “Distressed” TAA Strategies

In response to a member question: Have you ever looked at a systematic approach that invested only in tactical asset allocation strategies that were experiencing a significant drawdown? We know that performance chasing is a flawed behavioral bias, so an approach like this could exploit it. We always appreciate thoughtful questions like this from members. […]

Filed Under: Member Contributions, TAA Analysis

Sneak Peak: Robustness to Noise

This is an early preview of a new analytical tool we’ll be adding to our platform later this month. Learn more about what we do. Broadly speaking, the goal of tactical asset allocation is to take advantage of broad market trends via trend-following and/or momentum. Those trends can be difficult to identify because of “noise”; […]

Filed Under: Site Announcements, TAA Analysis

Blending Buy & Hold with Tactical, A “Lethargic” Approach to Asset Allocation

This is a test of a new paper from Dr. Wouter Keller titled Growth-Trend Timing and 60-40 Variations: Lethargic Asset Allocation (LAA). This is primarily a buy & hold strategy that’s roughly based on the classic “Permanent Portfolio”, but it includes an element of tactical asset allocation. This blending of buy & hold with tactical […]

Filed Under: TAA Strategies

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