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A Myth of Index Investing

July 14, 2016

Most people refer to index fund investing as passive investing. They say that the fund or other investment vehicle isn’t actively selecting stocks or other investments. That’s wrong, as this article points out. While there is such as a thing as “the market,” there’s nothing that tells an investor how to invest in “the market.” […]

5 Issues Investors are Worrying About

July 12, 2016

There’s a lot for investors to worry about. There’s almost always is, of course. This article does a good job of identifying five things investors should be worrying about now. But the real question investors need to ask isn’t what could go wrong. The important question is: What already is priced into the markets? If […]

Preparing for a Likely Turn in the Markets, Economy

June 16, 2016

Investors are facing another surprise. This will be the opposite of the surprise many experienced in early 2016. You remember that in 2015 and as we rolled into 2016, most investors were expecting steady increases in U.S. interest rates, rising inflation and a growing economy. All of that was priced into the markets. Instead, economic […]

Re-Evaluating the Traditional Investment Portfolio

June 15, 2016

I’ve long argued that buy-and-hold investors should avoid the traditional portfolio, which is 60% stocks and 40% bonds. Here’s an article making the same argument but using different reasoning. He says investors can’t expect anything like the returns the traditional portfolio’s delivered over the last 30 years. They need to look elsewhere for decent returns. […]

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Lessons in Financial Literacy for Teens

June 15, 2016

Here’s a good list of five concepts that teens should know by the time they graduate from high school. Unfortunately, in most states you aren’t going to learn anything like this in school. Most teachers aren’t even qualified to teach the topics. That’s why financial illiteracy is so widespread and people have such a hard […]

Inside Last Week’s Disappointing Jobs Report

June 9, 2016

I will be a featured presenter at the San Francisco MoneyShow this August along with several of my colleagues from Eagle Financial Publishing and many other financial experts. We’ll be at the Marriott Marquis, Aug. 23-25. Registration is free and available by calling 800-970-4355 (please mention priority code 041205) or sign up online at http://goo.gl/QQWevw. […]

Investing Isn’t Physics

June 8, 2016

This is a wide-ranging article that makes some important points. One point of it is to show that a trading strategy using moving averages, especially when coupled with leverage, can significantly increase returns while lowering volatility. The other point is that many investors waste a lot of time by seeking precision in their investment tools. […]

The ‘Sell in May and go Away’ Strategy Backfires so far in 2016

June 2, 2016

Let me start by making a last call to hear my presentation to the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). It will be June 18 at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center on the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, Virginia. Registration begins […]

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