Artificial Alpha Investments

Yield Suppression

Within the context of recent Federal Reserve headlines, I think it’s a good time to add more qualitative analysis to the drivers of our current fiat…

Jan 13 • Vincent Jansen

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Jack of All Trades, Master of None

The S&P 500 is a wildly popular investment benchmark, and I have no problem with that.

Jan 12 • Vincent Jansen

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November 2025

How ETFs Fall Short

Part 5 of the Portfolio Strategy series

Nov 4, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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October 2025

Debasement Protection

The amount of money in the economy increases by ~7% per year, sometimes by more and sometimes by less.

Oct 13, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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September 2025

Easing Financial Conditions

I’ve had a lot of interesting conversations about diversification over the past few years.

Sep 24, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

Characterizing Gold

Gold ($GLD) is up 37.5% year to date and 98.0% since the start of 2023, compared to 12.2% and 72.9% for the S&P 500 ($SPY).

Sep 19, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

July 2025

And Finally: Equity Diversification

Part 4 of the Portfolio Strategy series

Jul 9, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

June 2025

Geopolitically Resilient

An overwhelming majority of headlines, even those of the geopolitical variety, have indiscernible market effects.

Jun 17, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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May 2025

Beyond 60/40: The Case for Gold

Part 3 of the Portfolio Strategy series

May 22, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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March 2025

Exercising Caution

My baseline investment plan is to hold 100% stocks.

Mar 31, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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The 60/40 Portfolio

Part 2 of the Portfolio Strategy series

Mar 26, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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February 2025

A History of Financial Manias

I’m hoping this accumulation of ideas and comparisons will evoke both a qualitative and quantitative characterization of today’s financial landscape.

Feb 10, 2025 • Vincent Jansen

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