We all know this person: the shopping addict. Always snapping up the weekend paper for the department store circulars. Heads out to the mall before it even opens. The thrill … Read more →

It can be hard to appreciate the arc of investing history, until you take a sufficiently long view. Once upon a time, stocks were considered exotic. Most institutional investors placed … Read more →

The great thing about Google’s business model is not how they make money but how much their data generation reveals about the world. Dow 14000, for instance. For instance, if you take … Read more →

If  there’s anything the investment business loves, it’s a good marketing angle. And this is a business than can market like nobody else. Growth stocks, value stocks, contrarian funds, macro … Read more →

Asymmetric investing using low-cost funds has a new ally: Charles Schwab is reportedly in talks with the major exchange-traded fund (ETF) providers to offer the already inexpensive funds commission-free, Reuters reports, citing … Read more →

So you fired your mutual fund manager and bought a bunch of ETFs. Now what? Who will be doing your ETF portfolio management? “Nobody” is a truly dangerous answer. You … Read more →

Hard on the heels of a decision to slash the already low expense ratio of its own exchange-traded funds (ETFs), money manager Charles Schwab is out with a detailed survey … Read more →

Bond mutual fund risks are one of the more subtle ironies of investing. Mutual funds in general are part of an industry in which few things are what they seem: … Read more →

What’s the difference between gambling and investing? Let’s stop by the race track and figure it out. One of the most entertaining aspects of any specialized endeavor, investing included, is … Read more →

You probably missed the biggest headline in retirement investing in decades. It’s all about hidden 401k fund fees. What hidden 401k fund fees, you ask? That’s exactly the point: You haven’t … Read more →