Investing Experts How to build your perfect portfolio with Cullen Roche
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Jan 21, 2026 
Cullen Roche, a financial advisor and author known for his works on portfolio construction, delves into how to create a personalized investment strategy. He discusses the importance of tailoring portfolios to different life stages and navigating current market conditions. Cullen shares insights on aggressive investing for younger generations, critiques high-yield savings, and highlights the benefits of direct T-bills. He also emphasizes the importance of diversification and adapting to geopolitical risks, all while keeping it simple with a three-fund approach.
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Origin Story Of His Investing Writings
- Cullen Roche started Pragmatic Capitalism after the financial crisis to explain monetary programs and markets.
- His writing grew from practitioner contacts in Japan and evolved into books on macro and portfolio construction.
Time Horizons Are The Core Problem
- The hardest part of portfolio management is navigating multiple time horizons in a household.
- Retail investors face the same asset-liability matching problems as institutions but with messier, overlapping timelines.
Match Assets To Your Time Horizon
- Frame investment decisions by the relevant time horizon before acting on valuation headlines.
- Use shorter-horizon insurance (T-bills, managed futures, foreign assets) if sequence-of-returns risk matters to you.
