How To Build Your Own Energy Portfolio

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. … Read more

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Analysis Paralysis: 3 Ways Investors Can Break Free

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 … Read more

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Why 1 Billion IQ Points Know More Than You

“Nobody knows nothing” is a statement made by screenwriter William Goldman about the movie business. He meant that even after making movies for more than 100 years, no one actually … Read more

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

You Might Not Have 'Beat The Market' in 2010

Retirement investors who want investment advice are faced with two basic choices: pay high fees for professional mutual fund managers to beat the market (called “active” investing) or buy low-fee … Read more

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

One Way To Fight Inflation

In January 1997, the U.S. government began issuing a new type of bond: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). TIPS are a separate asset class that’s distinct from bonds because they … Read more

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

Portfolio Envy-Why Her Portfolio is Bigger Than His

While Freud’s 1908 theory of penis envy has been wrought with controversy for over a century, financial sciences have clearly demonstrated that when it comes to money management, most men … Read more

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Where Portfolio Returns Really Come From

Here is a shocking fact: Asset allocation, the idea of spreading one’s money into different buckets or asset classes, accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return over time. This leaves … Read more

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

Lessons from BP — Look to ETFs for Portfolio Diversification and Market Efficiency

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 … Read more

Posted on July 5, 2010 by

A Litmus Test…Is Your Asset Allocation Right?

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 … Read more

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

The big drop – did you yawn or did you freak?

On May 6th of last week, the markets shocked the world with a never-seen-before event – a 1000-point drop in a mere sixteen short minutes. During those brief moments and … Read more

Posted on May 15, 2010 by