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Category Archives: ETFs & Index Funds


Active Investing by Money Managers Loses in Risk Study

Sam Mamudi of the Wall Street Journal deservingly poked money managers in the eye with his recent report on how such mangers underperformed indexes in both real and risk adjusted returns as revealed by a rigorous Morningstar study on the subject. As Mamundi states, “While it has been established that most actively managed mutual funds [...]

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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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ETF Portfolios: Even In This Economy — Everyone Has To Eat!

It’s hard to decide where to place your investments these days with some of the traditional safe bets not feeling so safe. One thing is for certain, people will continue to need staple products, even if they’re finding them more inexpensively or they’re purchasing less of them. Some staples that will always be in demand, [...]

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Tracking 9 ETF Portfolios – Surprise Winners and Losers So Far in 2008

The famous professors at Yale have proven that asset allocation accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return and that stock picking and market timing account for less than 10%.   So what a great time to look at how different asset allocations are faring in this market! In 2008 it turns out that asset allocation decisions have [...]

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