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So you have discovered the merits of dumping your high-priced money manger and his ineffective mutual funds in favor of low-cost index funds allocated across stocks, bonds, and cash. You have diversified your portfolio to reduce risk and increase your likelihood of a good retirement. Congratulations! By focusing your attention on what matters most—finding the right mix [...]
Like a volcano, markets go through phases: they do very little and then suddenly they spit fiery lava. With new problems being introduced each day, be it Greek debt or the survival of the Euro, political bickering or Middle East uprisings, the markets are trying to figure out what stuff is worth. Volatility was up in [...]
Whether it’s the ancient Greeks quipping about moderation in all things or a mom telling her kids to eat their vegetables and not just Otter Pops, diversification in life is broadly understood to be a wise principle. It’s especially true when it comes to investing. Asset allocation is often cited as principle number one, accounting [...]
For some investors this Halloween, a trick instead of a treat was found in their proverbial retirement portfolio bag. Why? Because of the spooky gift supplied to clients via MF Global’s announcement of bankruptcy, the eighth largest in U.S. history. Any while many investors had previously never heard of MF Global, the firm’s failure led [...]
Some people think investing is all about picking the right stocks to “beat the market.” Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett are fabled stock pickers. Wall Street would certainly have you believe this notion because “beating the market” rings their register. And then investors are told that they should be diversified. Does that mean owning 30 [...]
The Occupy Wall Street movement has become a topic of national discussion. Camped out in lower Manhattan for over a month, the protestors have spawned copycat events across the nation and abroad. While some identify with the frustration of youth trying to break into a job market that supplies a meager one job for every [...]
Inflation is a sneaky pickpocket that slinks into your wallet in the form of higher prices on food, gas and other necessities, quietly robbing you of wealth. It’s the invisible tax or the hole in your water bucket. Because of this, investors are becoming increasingly attentive to the evolving inflation story. What many investors don’t [...]
Have you ever met the crazy conspiracy theorist who is convinced that a well-executed and malevolent plot lurks behind most events? These were the people whose eyes bugged-out during Y2K, who are convinced that Apollo 11 never landed on the moon, that the World Trade Center was actually blown up by the United States to [...]
Oil prices recently broke $100 a barrel and the stock market tanked. Last week, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke proclaimed that increasing commodity prices could negatively impact the U.S. recovery. Moments like this are instructive for observing our own emotional schizophrenia. On one hand, our greed glands are pumping, and we want to get in [...]
Since March 2, 2009, a significant investor demographic has sat frozen on the sidelines while the S&P 500 has soared skyward by more than 95 percent. To get a sense of just how much cash left the market and headed for the sidelines, a September 2009 Bloomberg study reported that record levels of bank deposits [...]
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