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Build YOUR Perfect Portfolio (w/ Cullen Roche) | #612
About this episode
My guest today is Cullen Roche, Chief Investment Officer at Orcam Financial Group and Discipline Funds. His latest book is Your Perfect Portfolio: The ultimate guide to using the world’s most powerful investing strategies.
In today’s episode, Cullen walks through the principles of portfolio construction. He emphasizes the importance of viewing investments as a means of savings rather than a quick path to wealth. Cullen explores the significance of time horizons in investment decisions, why real returns are what matter, and the origins of the 60/40 portfolio.
(0:00) Starts
(1:38) Principles of portfolio construction
(6:12) Real vs nominal returns
(11:01) Asset allocation and time horizon considerations
(26:59) Evaluating the role of government bonds in portfolios
(30:21) Origins of the 60/40 portfolio
(37:44) The forward cap portfolio
(46:49) The concept of duration in investing
(56:23) Disciplined Funds
(1:02:39) Asset liability matching
(1:03:15) Factors influencing investor behavior
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