3. SHELF it · Money

BR 235: The Ivy Portfolio by Meb Faber

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Category: 3 – SHELF it (All Categories are 1 – Read ASAP!, 2 – BUY it!, 3 – SHELF it, 4 – SOMEDAY it)

Comments: Interesting compilation of how endowment managers of the best Ivy league endowments manage their money. Very applicable to personal investing and offers a sliding scale of actions depending on how actively you want to manage your money.

Top 3 Lessons:

  1. Ivy portfolio is 20% each for
    • us stocks
    • International stocks (VWO has emerging stocks or GWX, EWX)
    • Bonds (consider TIPS)
    • Commodities – DBC, GSG (international) – could also do DBA, DBB, DBE, DBP
    • Real estate – VNQ, RWX (foreign real estate), IGF (infrastructure)
  2. If you really want to buy individual stocks, all institutional investors disclose their individual stock holdings. Why would you not follow them?

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