Jeremiah Stephan ~ Contributor

Jeremiah Stephan is a financial writer, researcher, and believes there’s a solution to every money-related problem. When he’s not proselytizing the importance of personal finance at Listen Money Matters, he’s a father to two crazy kids, a husband to a beautiful dance movement therapist, and a struggling Korean language student. He lives with his family (and their overly pampered dog Jeju), in the Chicagoland suburbs.

The Role of Asset Allocation in Building a Diversified Portfolio

Asset allocation is simple. Buy 2,000 shares of Tesla, 5,000 shares of Amazon, and put the rest in the hot stock tip you got last week. Now, sit back, relax, and watch your portfolio grow forever. That’s obviously incorrect, but wouldn’t it be nice if it were that simple? But, contrary to popular opinion, asset allocation isn’t that complicated.

The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like Harvard and Yale

Did you know that Harvard has a 37 billion dollar endowment? That is a crazy amount of money. And to be clear, that’s billion with a capital ‘B.’ Let’s examine what the pros do, the Ivy Portfolio, and you can replicate it.