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by Frank Vasquez
Risk Parity Radio is a podcast about investing. RPR explores risk-parity style portfolios comprised of uncorrelated or negatively correlated asset classes -- stocks, selected bonds, gold, managed futures, and other easily accessible fund options for the DIY investor. The goal is to construct portfolios that are robust and can be drawn down on in perpetuity, and to maximize projected Safe Withdrawal Rates regardless of projected overall returns.
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- 2 days ago50 min
Episode 518: Top Of The T-Shirt Campaign (Part Deux!) Kick-Off, Fun With Assorted Listener Allocations And Crystal Balls, And Portfolio Reviews As Of June 12, 2026
In this episode we first kick off the Top of the T-Shirt Campaign Part Deux (!) for the Father McKenna Center and explain why matching funds, donated resources, and volunteers make every dollar go further. Then we answer emails from Aaron, Hostile Witness, and Jenzo. We discuss improving on the Permanent Portfolio , managed futures, leverage, drawdowns, and why we prefer diversification over CAPE-wearing Sonias. And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the eight samp...
- 6 days ago40 min
Episode 517: A FIRE Portfolio Reality Check, Diversification Perceptions And Misperceptions, And STRIPS
In episode we answer emails from Nick, Patrick and Aaron. We discuss matching goals with portfolios for an early FI person, review an Early Retirement Now blog post about diversification misperceptions, and discuss using STRIPS funds instead of regular treasury bond funds. Links: Early Retirement Now Blog Post: How to "Lie" with Personal Finance - Part 3: Diversification - Early Retirement Now Large Cap Growth and Small Cap Value Long Term Comparison: Asset Analyzer for E...
- 1 weeks ago51 min
Episode 516: Using RPR To Build Friendships, Worldwide Gold Market Realities, And Portfolio Reviews As Of June 5, 2026
In this episode we answer emails from Optimus Bill, Arun, and Aaron. We discuss why we do this show, how to build real friendships as an adult, and how to think clearly about investing without chasing fame or noise. Then we challenge the “gold returns zero” myth with a supply-and-demand lens that looks beyond popular US-centric group-think. And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio. Addi...
- 1 weeks ago49 min
Episode 515: Practical Continuity Considerations For Your Family And Why Popular Fear-Based Hoarding Plans Are Highly Undesirable
In this episode we answer emails from Mark and Eric. We discuss managing finances through aging, dementia, and what happens when the family’s primary money manager can’t manage anymore. Then we challenge popular fear-based retirement thinking and explain why hoarding wealth can be a bad strategy for well-being and relationships. Links: Fairfax CASA Donation Page: Donate - Fairfax CASA Father McKenna Center Donation Page: Donate - Father McKenna Center Article On Fear- and...
- 2 weeks ago1h 14m
Episode 514: FI-lanthropy Friendly Portfolios, Solving A Transition Quandary, Golden Bow Ties, And Portfolio Reviews As Of May 29, 2026
In this jam-packed crushed-fresh stone-solid hour-busting episode we do a trifecta response to one most excellent email from Rebecca. We discuss portfolios for FI-lanthropy, options and resources for making a transition from a 100% stock portfolio with tax and ACA subsidy issues, the drawbacks of bucketeering compared with the joys of asset swaps, and the socio-political overhang attached to gold and how that is evolving towards more rational uses of it by big time retail personal finan...
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Episode 513: The Perils Of All-Bond Portfolios And Over-Simplification, Choose FI, Muddled Thinking About Index Funds, And Why You Don't Need To Overplan Decades In Advance
In this episode we answer question from Rob, Matthew, and Luke. We discuss the pitfalls of trying to rely on an all-bond portfolio in retirement and better options, the problems with over-valuing financial simplicity over good living, the benefits of the Choose FI podcast, muddled thinking about the concepts of “self-cleansing” and the momentum factor, why reassessing a retirement plan beats obsessing over a perfect forecast, and why that's not likely to be necessary with a risk parity ...
- 3 weeks ago48 min
Episode 512: Avoiding Level Two-Thinking Foibles And CAPE'd Crystal Balls, Basic Accumulation, Talking To Optimus Bill, And Portfolio Reviews As Of May 22, 2026
In this episode we answer emails from TJ, Jose and Optimus Bill. We discuss the foibles of trying to catch up via investment picking if you are behind on retirement, debunk CAPE-style and other crystal ball forecasts from "experts" that Level Two investors often fixate upon, lay out practical growth-tilted allocations that can beat narrative-driven investing and invite you all to contact Optimus Bill about your Risk Parity Radio listening habits. And THEN we our go through our weekly a...
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Episode 511: Missives From Canada, Superman, Parsing Small Cap Funds, And More Fun With AI Creations
In this episode we answer emails from Luc, Deep, and Paul. We discuss the French Canadian "Sak kosh" portfolio, try to help out the elder Sonia sleep well at night, distinguishing small cap blend funds from small cap value funds, and share how we use AI tools to summarize long investing content without losing the source material. Links: Father McKenna Center Donation Page: Donate - Father McKenna Center The Superman Portfolio Withdrawal Rates: Withdrawal Rates – P...
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Risk Parity Radio is a podcast about investing. RPR explores risk-parity style portfolios comprised of uncorrelated or negatively correlated asset classes -- stocks, selected bonds, gold, managed futures, and other easily accessible fund options for the DIY investor. The goal is to construct portfolios that are robust and can be drawn down on in perpetuity, and to maximize projected Safe Withdrawal Rates regardless of projected overall returns.
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