Robert F. “Bob” Chapski

Nashville, TN, based civil trial lawyer and mediator. (Nothing I say on X is legal, financial or tax advice.)

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

Would be interested in "ETF Zoo's" take on recent happenings at Simplify Asset Management (manager changes with ETFs such as $CTA with Altis out, Mike Green and Paisley Nardini out; July 27 SEC order re: 1940 Act violations, etc.) @DaveNadig @JSeyff @sumitroy2 @MurphyCinthia

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@syouth1 Good article. Buying and holding individual TIPS in taxable accounts is kind of a hassle but the defined maturity/target duration ETFs like $IBIM from iShares are interesting. I’d like to see Vanguard launch a suite of these akin to the corporate bond ones they recently launched.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@choffstein Has Paisley Nardini left Simplify as well? It appears she was removed from a few Simplify funds, including CTA and CTAP, as a listed portfolio manager in early August. She was a frequent speaker for Simplify and some of these funds in particular.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@markcecchini Um, where is the vote for "not driving (child) to driving (teen)"?

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@markcecchini CDs are also “no bueno” when you are caring for an elderly parent (say you have their POA for financial matters) or dealing with them post-death. Closing them, checks getting lost, signatures required. Nightmare.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@markcecchini The K-1 is when I finally threw in the towel and hired a professional. As the kids/gamers say, it was “GGs” (GG?) at that point.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

Awesome!

[Marcus Freeman @Marcus_Freeman1]

2026…run it back

Go Irish ☘️

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

“On behalf of the entire Notre Dame community, I want to express how incredibly proud we are of our football student-athletes for their accomplishments both on and off the field this season.

We are deeply grateful for the exceptional leadership of Vice President and Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua, Head Coach Marcus Freeman, and the entire coaching staff.

Our pride stems not only from this team’s success on the field but from the values they embody: faith, perseverance, selflessness, and a steadfast commitment to the University."

—University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@PeteSampson_ 100 percent

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@mikegolicjr @NDFootball An epic travesty. So sad for the team after the year they had.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@NotreDame I had the pleasure of taking a couple of classes with Professor DeSantis in the late 1990s. He was a wonderful man and teacher.

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory @ApplePodcasts @holland_tom Well deserved!

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@choffstein Doesn't $ALLW employ leverage to achieve exposure in excess of 100% as well? It is categorized by Morningstar as "US Fund Tactical Allocation". Why is it not "Multi-Asset Leveraged" like $RSST? @syouth1

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@EricBalchunas This is great (!), now do distributing ladder TIPS ETFs @Vanguard_Group !

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

Love his perspective-so challenging to pull yourself out of your daily grind to recognize this and remember it. Love that that he shared it-Great reminder for us all!

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@NorthernTrust @FlexSharesETFs Such as: how does an investor's long-term, return experience investing in a lump sum in $TIPD compare to building one's own 30-year ladder of individual TIPS?

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

Distributing ladder TIPS ETFs (like $TIPD) look interesting, but it's hard to see how AUM will grow when the products are thinly marketed and it's difficult to get a response to questions to the fund company. @NorthernTrust @FlexSharesETFs

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

Interesting article @ElmWealth. I'm guessing "portable alpha" proponents would highlight that new(er) strategies leverage uncorrelated assets and that their cost of leverage is reasonable (close to the "safe asset return")? https://t.co/0k07erkSs9 @choffstein @CliffordAsness

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@HML_Compounder Pleased that $QDSIX looks pretty good too…

[Robert F. “Bob” Chapski @rchapski]

@TaxAlphaInsider Good idea. Check out the Rational Reminder forum (hosted by the same podcast team). There are about a ba-jillion posts about these funds and AQR. @HML_Compounder