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2023
2023 Asset Allocation
In mid 2000’s, I replaced the constituent funds in side the IFA 100 asset allocation with Vanguard index funds. At that time, Vanguard did not have an international small-cap index fund. Instead, I chose the Vanguard Developed Market Index Fund, which is an international large-cap style.
The glide path of asset allocation
An asset allocation is the percentage for each asset in a portfolio. Suppose a portfolio is investing for retirement, then as an investor’s age nears the retirement age, the percentages should be adjusted. This change over time is called the glide path of an asset allocation.
MNIST training starter kit with Ray, Lightning and PyTorch
Some time ago, I shared a starter kit for reinforcement learning research with Ray and RLlib. The following is a productive tech stack for doing deep learning research.
How to download favicons from websites
Favicon1 is an icon that is typically used as a small thumbnail when you bookmark a website. This image file has several size options, from 16 by 16 pixels to 192 by 192 pixels. The bigger ones are typically used as App icons on mobile OS or retina display phones.
Fee comparison of incoming wire transfers at Japan banks
In this post, I want to compare the total fee at three Japanese banks. The scenario is that all of the incoming wire transfer in US dollars (USD) is converted to Japanese yen (JPY).

