Episode 266: Dude Musings, Fun With Fallacies, Variable Preferred Shares And Portfolio Reviews As Of June 9, 2023

In this episode we answer emails from Alexi (a/k/a/ "the Dude"), Pete and Dean.  We discuss box spreads, trying to market-time t-bills and interest rates, a whole host of logical fallacies and cognitive biases and a variable preferred shares fund (VRP) and what it does and doesn't do.And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the seven sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.Additional links:Alpha Architect On Box Spreads:  Box Spreads: An Alternative to Treasury Bills? (alphaarchitect.com)Alpha Architect Paper On Size And Value Tilts:  AA-JBISFactorInvesting22LongOnlyValueInvesting.pdf (alphaarchitect.com)You Are Not So Smart Fallacy Podcasts (check out ones in the 60s or word search "fallacy"):  Podcast – You Are Not So SmartSample Gerd Gigerenzer Lecture:  Risk literacy: Gerd Gigerenzer at TEDxZurich - YouTubeRisk Savvy book:  Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions by Gerd Gigerenzer | GoodreadsSummary of Prospecting Theory and Cognitive Biases:  The Prospecting Lens - Prospecting Mimetic FractalsDan Ariely Books:  Books - Dan ArielyFreakonomics Episode On Slippery Slopes:  Enough with the Slippery Slopes! - FreakonomicsSupport the show