Episode 266: Dude Musings, Fun With Fallacies, Variable Preferred Shares And Portfolio Reviews As Of June 9, 2023

<p>In this episode we answer emails from Alexi (a/k/a/ &quot;the Dude&quot;), Pete and Dean.  We discuss box spreads, trying to market-time t-bills and interest rates, a whole host of logical fallacies and cognitive biases and a variable preferred shares fund (VRP) and what it does and doesn&apos;t do.<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/>Alpha Architect On Box Spreads:  <a href='https://alphaarchitect.com/2023/05/box-spreads-an-alternative-to-treasury-bills/'>Box Spreads: An Alternative to Treasury Bills? (alphaarchitect.com)</a><br/><br/>Alpha Architect Paper On Size And Value Tilts:  <a href='https://alphaarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA-JBISFactorInvesting22LongOnlyValueInvesting.pdf'>AA-JBISFactorInvesting22LongOnlyValueInvesting.pdf (alphaarchitect.com)</a><br/><br/>You Are Not So Smart Fallacy Podcasts (check out ones in the 60s or word search &quot;fallacy&quot;):  <a href='https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/'>Podcast – You Are Not So Smart</a><br/><br/>Sample Gerd Gigerenzer Lecture:  <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4op2WNc1e4'>Risk literacy: Gerd Gigerenzer at TEDxZurich - YouTube</a><br/><br/>Risk Savvy book:  <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114056-risk-savvy'>Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions by Gerd Gigerenzer | Goodreads</a><br/><br/>Summary of Prospecting Theory and Cognitive Biases:  <a href='https://www.prospectingmimeticfractals.com/the-prospecting-lens.html'>The Prospecting Lens - Prospecting Mimetic Fractals</a><br/><br/>Dan Ariely Books:  <a href='https://danariely.com/books/'>Books - Dan Ariely</a><br/><br/>Freakonomics Episode On Slippery Slopes:  <a href='https://freakonomics.com/podcast/enough-with-the-slippery-slopes/'>Enough with the Slippery Slopes! - Freakonomics</a></p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.riskparityradio.com/support">Support the s