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Monthly Archives: January 2010


Stock Picking: In Today, Out Tomorrow — What Is One To Do?

Market timing, a well known term learned in Investing 101, is exciting and can be quite profitable yet stock picking is oftentimes very fickle and given how the tide shifts over time is usually not best for one nearing retirement.  For beginners to retirees that want to get in the game with owning stocks, buying a [...]

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Asset Allocation and Portfolio Rebalancing Paid Off

As you review your returns for the last year, and possibly the last decade, you may agree that retirement investing was dealt a hard blow; what you may not be aware of is how portfolio rebalancing made great efforts to lessen one’s losses.  Allan Roth of CBS MoneyWatch gave some noteworthy advice for the next [...]

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Is Anyone Surprised? Mutual Fund Managers Shun Their Own Funds.

Recent Morningstar research once again reveals what should be common knowledge by now – many Wall Street mutual fund managers are  interested in growing their wealth, not yours. Karen Dolan, director of analysis at the firm revealed the pathetic truth about the majority of fund managers and their reticence to invest in their own products. [...]

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