Portfolio Report Card: A $512,000 One-Trick Pony
Diversification means different things to different people. In some cultures, diversification means having large families to diversify so that when mom and dad get old,...
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Parallels Between 1987 and Today – Should You Be Spooked?
The latest pullback in the markets may have you a little spooked, especially if you own small cap stocks (NYSEARCA:IWM) which are down almost 5%...
Smart Order Execution for Stocks and ETFs Doesn’t Happen by Chance
Choosing the right investments is half the battle. The other half is knowing when to buy and sell. The invention of commission free ETF trading...
Own Nike, Goldman, or Visa? Here’s Why you Should Worry
How good at stock picking are the people that sit aboard the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s selection committee? Not very good, if you look at...
How to Improve Your Investment Performance by Playing Defense
“The best defense is a good offense.” That axiom has been applied in a broad array of fields including politics, sports, and the military. The...
Beware! Reaching for Yield has Never Been More Deadly
Did you know the Dubai stock market has been crashing? The Dubai Financial Market General Index fell from a high near 5,400 on 5/6/14 to...
Watch out! The Stock Market is Slow
How slow has the stock market gotten? Answer: All time extremes in slow. Volatility, daily ranges, and even volume have all fallen to levels not...
How to Print Money in the Psychotic Gold Market
The gold market is the epitome of human psychosis.* On one hand, there’s the anti-gold camp that have utter disdain for precious metals 24 hours...
Don’t Let the ‘Great Yield Slide’ Punch You in the Nose
At the beginning of the year, the yield on 10-Year U.S. Treasuries was just shy of 3% and appeared ready for takeoff into the stratosphere....
Should You Be 100% Invested in Stocks?
Investors should have 100% of their money invested in stocks! That’s what Laurence Fink, the chief executive officer at BlackRock declared in 2012. Since then, the...