Episode 162: Approaching Brazilian TIPs, Treasuries, Insurance Companies, Sector Concentrations And Portfolio Reviews As Of March 25, 2022

<p>In this episode we answer emails from Luis from Brazil, Paul, Alexi (His Dude-ness), and MyContactInfo (a different one).  We discuss how to analyze Brazilian TIPs and other role-based assets, the trials and tribulations of treasury bonds, the oddly extraordinary performance of property and casualty insurance companies in times like these,  tax considerations in fund-picking and what concentrations in particular stock fund sectors do in risk-parity portfolios.<br/><br/>And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the seven sample portfolios you can find at <a href='https://www.riskparityradio.com/portfolios'>Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio</a>. <br/><br/>Additional links:<br/><br/>Analysis of QQQ portfolio vs KBWP portfolio:  <a href='https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&amp;timePeriod=2&amp;startYear=2021&amp;firstMonth=1&amp;endYear=2022&amp;lastMonth=12&amp;calendarAligned=true&amp;includeYTD=false&amp;initialAmount=10000&amp;annualOperation=0&amp;annualAdjustment=0&amp;inflationAdjusted=true&amp;annualPercentage=0.0&amp;frequency=4&amp;rebalanceType=1&amp;absoluteDeviation=5.0&amp;relativeDeviation=25.0&amp;leverageType=0&amp;leverageRatio=0.0&amp;debtAmount=0&amp;debtInterest=0.0&amp;maintenanceMargin=25.0&amp;leveragedBenchmark=false&amp;reinvestDividends=true&amp;showYield=false&amp;showFactors=false&amp;factorModel=3&amp;portfolioNames=true&amp;portfolioName1=QQQ+Concentration+Portfolio&amp;portfolioName2=KBWP+Concentration+Porfolio&amp;portfolioName3=Portfolio+3&amp;symbol1=QQQ&amp;allocation1_1=50&amp;symbol2=KBWP&amp;allocation2_2=50&amp;symbol3=TLT&amp;allocation3_1=25&amp;allocation3_2=25&amp;symbol4=GLD&amp;allocation4_1=15&amp;allocation4_2=15&amp;symbol5=O&amp;allocation5_1=10&amp;allocation5_2=10'>Backtest Portfolio Asset Allocation (portfoliovisualizer.com)</a><br/><br/>Risk Parity Chronicles blog and website:  <a href='https://www.riskparitychronicles.com/'>Risk Parity Chronicles</a></p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.riskparityradio.com/support">Support