A few weeks ago BP CEO, Tony Hayward, felt the heat of America’s ire for his “I want my life back” gaffe. This week, BP Chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, may have out done him, commenting before Congress “BP cares about the small people”. After 11 deaths, destruction of Gulf fisheries and a local [...]
Category Archives: ETFs & Index Funds
Lessons from BP — Look to ETFs for Portfolio Diversification and Market Efficiency
Monday, July 5, 2010
Americans today have various visceral feelings about British Petroleum (BP). Mostly, it conjures up pictures of oil-soaked creatures, executives sweating during their public flogging, government intervention, and ruined beaches. Aside from the tragedy, it reinforces two fundamental tenants of MarketRiders.
First, stock prices can be random, and it’s best to protect yourself. [...]
How To Not Check Your Retirement Portfolio
Monday, May 31, 2010
There are different types of retirement investors and ultimately, different approaches to growing your money. Some investors play the high stakes game of competing against the market itself. These investors have entered the largest poker tournament the world has to offer. And who has joined these gamblers at the table? Teams of the smartest minds, [...]
How To Build Bob Pisani’s CNBC Model ETF Portfolios With MarketRiders
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
In order to build Bob Pisani’s ETF portfolios with MarketRiders, follow these easy steps:
1. Sign up for a MarketRiders 30 day Free Trial. There is a “sign-up” link on the top right of www.marketriders.com.
2. You will be asked to create your first portfolio and you’ll have 2 options: “Build It For Me” and “Let Me [...]
Mutual Fund Fee Analyzer — Reveals What You Pay For Your Mutual Funds
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Check out this unique and powerful tool that for the first time allows you to comparison shop between nearly 14,000 mutual funds and their competitive ETFs. Those who have used this tool are seeing what we’ve been trying very hard to expose — mutual funds are 6 – 10 times more expensive than our [...]
Get Wall Street Out of Your Pocketbook by Removing the Intermediaries
Monday, May 10, 2010
Just when we thought we were through hearing about the Wall Street hooligans and their criminal vices our “untouchable” friends at Goldman Sachs made the news twice. The Wall Street Journal revealed that the SEC has found criminal doings at Goldman. With one hand secretly cramming worthless mortgaged backed securities into their valued clients accounts, the [...]
