Eric Parnell is one of the 25 Seeking Alpha Contributors participating in the 2017 DIY Investing Summit. In the summit, one of the questions I asked Eric was about his personal investment philosophy and how it looks practically as he builds his portfolio. Below is an excerpt from the interview and a summary of his response.

http://diyinvestingsummit2017.com/

Eric's investment philosophy...

• Eric takes an "absolute return hedged strategy" as his guiding philosophy for investing. This generates positive returns in all market environments.
• He gives equal priority to all asset classes. The key is in how they are blended together in his portfolio.
• He refuses to accept that 50% declines "just happen" when the market crashes.
• A non-correlated group of assets is key for protecting against major downside risk.
• More...

This is just a small excerpt of what's covered in the interview.

The interview is full of detailed tips on Eric's core investment strategies, top advice for DIY investors and specific ways he's positioning for 2017.

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Full list of summit contributors:

Chris DeMuth, Bret Jensen, Brad Thomas, Eric Parnell, Rida Morwa, Ian Bezek, Richard Lejeune, Richard Berger, Aurelien Windenberger, Doug Eberhardt, Dividend Sensei, Ralph Baker, Lawrence Fuller, Double Dividend Stocks, Mark Bern, Mark Hibben, Dividend House, J Mintzmyer, William Koldus, Damon Verial, Avi Gilburt, Shailesh Kumar, Chuck Carnevale, Adam Aloisi and Colorado Wealth Management.

Join Eric at the DIY Investor Summit (free for a limited time) where he shares detailed tips on his core investment strategies, top advice for DIY investors and specific ways he's positioning for 2017.

Companies mentioned in Eric's interview: Pfizer (PFE), Merck (MRK), Gilead (GILD), Medtronic (MDT), Bristol-Myers Squipp (BMY)

Additional Disclosure: This article is for information purposes only. There are risks involved with investing, including loss of principal. Brian and Investor in the Family make no explicit or implicit guarantee with respect to performance or the outcome of any investment or projections made. There is no guarantee that the goals of the strategies discussed by Brian and Investor in the Family will be met.