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Monthly Archives: September 2010


How To Use ETFs To Measure Your Mutual Funds

“Once I had fame, oh I was full of pride, had lots of friends, always here right by my side, well my fame oh it died, now my friends all try to hide, everybody loves a winner … but when you lose, you lose alone.” -   William Bell, “Everybody Loves A Winner” In all highly [...]

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Peas and Portfolio Rebalancing

As a young child I had an ongoing battle with my mother over eating my peas. It may have related to the fact that the peas she served came from the Del Monte can, pale and overcooked, or possibly from the ubiquitous childhood disdain for anything green. Whatever the reason, the peas had to be [...]

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A Quick Education On ETFs

Exchange Traded Funds, or ETFs, seem to be the latest investment fad.  Heavily advertised by their sponsors, the number of available ETFs has grown from nearly 700 to over 1000 since we launched MarketRiders. The MarketRiders investment strategy is based upon research that show returns are predominantly determined by where your money is invested (your [...]

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Did You Know That You Are Now Cool?

The renowned 70′s funk band, Tower of Power, raised the all-important question about “coolness” in their ’70′s hit “What is Hip?”  “What is hip, tell me tell me if you think you know,” the band wailed, pondering a subject that grips many in our pop driven culture. How products, people, or ideas move from unknown to [...]

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