My title sounds a little stupid, right? Wrong. Many of our MarketRiders members and investors new to ETFs have been worried about having ETFs with the name “Lehman” in their … Read more →

Lost in this weekend’s news about the $700 billion bailout package for the banking industry was a $25 billion loan package for United States auto manufacturers. This package comes at … Read more →

Today was a bad day for trying to reach consensus on the mortgage bailout thanks to House Republicans trying to remember what fiscal conservatism means. After eight years of writing … Read more →

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 … Read more →

Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced intense scrutiny over their proposed $700B bank bailout today on Capitol Hill (and rightfully so). Let’s take a look at … Read more →

We all know by now that the House of Representatives rejected HR 3997, the $700 billion, poorly constructed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Let’s be clear. This bill was … Read more →

I believe that everyone, no matter how much investment experience they have, should learn how to take control of their investing, buy a well diversified portfolio of index funds, periodically … Read more →

The energy debate rages on as oil and gas futures bounce around with 30% corrections. Which side of the energy debate are you on? Bears say that oil and gas … Read more →

Summary: As for the fees that investors pay in the hedge fund world – and that, of course, is the crux of Buffett’s argument – they are both complicated and … Read more →

From May 2000 through May 2008, the S&P SmallCap index (IJR) is up over 50% from its competitive index the Russell 2000 (IWM). Both indices, IJR (S&P 600 SmallCap Index) … Read more →