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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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- Yesterday32 min
Episode 551: Stop Chasing Yield, The Limitations Of International Diversification, And Portfolio Reviews As Of November 6, 2026
In this episode we answer emails from Jeff and Colin. We discuss why auto call ETFs and covered call funds usually just change payouts rather than improve underlying performance, why forced income creates forced taxes and reduces flexibility in a taxable retirement portfolio, why building a retirement “paycheck” is mostly a marketing pitch and selling shares is better approach, how to use a small test portfolio as exposure therapy for share selling fears, why global stock diversificatio...
- 5 days ago32 min
Episode 550: Stupid (Typical) Financial Media Tricks, Mandelbrot Fractal Mania, And A Golden Ratio Application
In this episode we answer emails from George, James and Yigitalp. We discuss stupid financial media assumptions and the vapid analysis that often follows from them, dig into Mandelbrot and fractals to explain why markets defy neat bell-curve models, then troubleshoot a Golden Ratio style portfolio built with UCITS ETFs, leverage, and diversifiers. Links: WSJ Opinion Article: Opinion | You’re Probably Overinvested in Bonds Blogpost about Mandelbrot and Fractal Math: The ...
- 1 weeks ago55 min
Episode 549: Fairfax CASA Thanks You, A Deep Dive Into Motivational Speakers, And Portfolio Reviews As Of October 30, 2026
In this episode, we share big news from our Fairfax CASA work and what your generosity has made possible. Then we pivot to an email from Todd and go on a deep dive on motivational speakers and what actually helps people change. In a van. Down by the RIVER. And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the eight sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio. Additional Links: Fairfax CASA Donation Page: Donate - Fairfax CASA Acres of ...
- 1 weeks ago1h 35m
Episode 548: The Intersection of Biased Skepticism, Shark Jumping (From Ep. 532), And Personal Finance Hoarding Culture
This is the follow-up episode to the "Jumping the Shark" segment in Episode 532 that we promised to create (but wish we didn't have to). It discusses the fallacies and misrepresentations in the Early Retirement Now blog and its recent posts about Risk Parity Radio. Due to their defamatory nature and evidence of malicious intent, and for other legal reasons, we will not be republishing those posts. We will return to our regularly scheduled programming in the next episode.&n...
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Episode 547: The RPR Reddit Forum, A Great Many Topics On Portfolios And Taxes, And Portfolio Reviews As Of October 23, 2026
In this episode we address a cornucopia of topics in emails from Alex, Superb Diamond Range, and Mark. We discuss the Risk Parity Radio Reddit forum started by listener Adrian, an OPTRA-inspired portfolio with lower leverage and real-world tax location choices, extending managed futures history for better portfolio testing and expectations, why covered call ETFs usually change payouts more than outcomes, using OpenSocialsecurity.com to model claiming strategies, a simple UK-focused risk...
- 2 weeks ago31 min
Episode 546: Dual Momentum, Equity Glide Paths, And Here's Johnny From Charlottesville!
In this episode we answer emails from Multi-family Investor, Nathan, and John. We discuss dual momentum strategies, equity glide paths and the Bengen, Pfau, and Kitces research, letting equity drift higher to reduce rebalancing and transactions, managed futures proxy limits and why commodities are imperfect stand ins, and SDMF versus DBMF. Links: Dual Momentum Explanation Video: DUAL MOMENTUM | Momentum Trading Strategy by Gary Antonacci Portfolio Visualizer Dual Momentum Analy...
- 3 weeks ago40 min
Episode 545: The Ins And Outs of Monte Carlos And Back Tests, The Golden Ratio For Radiologists, Broker Boilerplate, And Portfolio Reviews As Of October 16, 2026
In this episode we answer emails from Dave, Bob, and Waldo. We discuss how Monte Carlo simulations differ depending on their basis and how they differ from historical back-tests, the problem of trusting retirement calculators without understanding the assumptions inside them and choosing the correct assumptions, why the Golden Ratio portfolio is built for bad decades, and why a scary brokerage warning screen is often just strategic butt covering and marketing. And THEN we our go throu...
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Episode 544: Buen Camino, Donor-Advised Funds, Auto-Callable Shiny Objects, And Bonds vs. Bond Funds
In this episode we answer emails from Geraldo, Robin, Roy, and Daniel. We catch up on where we've been and our Camino and the Walk For McKenna, and then shift into discussions of donor-advised funds for charitable giving, a new-fangled auto-callable “income” ETF (a/k/a another "shiny object" -- also check out Episode 504), and review a retirement portfolio and a proposal to shift from a bond fund to individual long term treasury bonds. Links: Daffy CEO Interview: A Donor-Advised...
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