Optimizing an investment portfolio to maximize returns while minimizing risk is the ultimate goal for investors and their advisers. However, there is no set path and challenges always arise. One such ...

A while back, risk parity was all the rage among institutional investors. And now, thanks to a raft of mutual funds floated over the past five years, retail investors are able to tap into the strategy ...

The S&P Risk Parity Index Series provides a transparent, rules-based benchmark for equal-risk-weighted parity strategies. These indices construct risk parity portfolios by using futures to represent ...

The October 30 Federal Open Market Committee meeting fueled continuing speculation that the Federal Reserve would soon begin tapering its asset purchase program. The timing of the tapering remains ...

Risk-parity strategies are designed to fare well in different types of markets using a multiasset approach. In the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, many practitioners embraced the key ...

Earlier this year I launched an “All-Weather” ETF Portfolio. The initial launch of the portfolio provided a static allocation to 8 ETFs and was inspired by Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates. I have ...

Taking inspiration from the All Weather Portfolio popularized by Bridegwater Capital's Ray Dalio, the RPAR Risk Parity ETF spreads risk evenly across a portfolio comprised of four different asset ...