How Probable Are the Chances for a Euro and Greece Divorce?
Have market participants underestimated the possibility of a divorce between Greece and the euro?
Do ETFs Tempt People to Become Daytraders?
ETFs seduce people to become daytraders!
Q&A: How do Foreign ETFs Track their Assets When Markets are Closed?
Q. Trading hours in Asia (NYSEARCA:VPL) and Europe (NYSEARCA:FEZ) don’t coincide with the U.S., so how are ETFs that own foreign securities still able to closely track their indexes even when trading in these securities may be closed?
Are Oil and Energy Stocks Cheap?
Crude oil prices (NYSEARCA:USO) have crashed 50% over the past 9-months and energy stocks (NYSEARCA:XLE) were the only S&P 500 sector to post a loss in 2014.
Pass or Fail? Analyzing and Grading a $818,000 Investment Account
What’s a telltale sign of a poorly designed investment portfolio?
A Seasonal Snapshot of the S&P 500
Although we know market prices always trump seasonality in terms of importance, we shouldn’t completely ignore the significance of historical seasonal trends.
Super Bowl Indicator: Bullish or Bearish?
Sometimes the quirkiest predictors of stock market performance are the most accurate.
Assets Flood to Europe
How did market participants react to the ECB’s 1.1 trillion euro QE-styled asset purchase plan?
Are Momentum Stocks Losing Momentum?
Never mind how the U.S. stock market is posting modest year-to-date losses close to 2%.
Portfolio Report Card: A Misaligned $182,000 Retirement Plan
What does the optimal investment portfolio look like?
Volatility: Friend or Foe?
Stock market volatility is frequently portrayed as an evil force that all investors should strive to avoid.
Portfolio Report Card: A Risk Heavy $696,000 Investment Plan
Your investment portfolio is nothing more than a reflection of you.
Are Stocks Ignoring the Bond Market’s Warning?
After gaining five consecutive years and gaining nine out the past 10 years, the U.S. stock market is on a roll.
Do Rising Auto Delinquencies Spell Trouble Ahead?
Is consumer credit quality deteriorating?
Have Energy Stocks Finally Bottomed?
Energy stocks slid 8.7% last year and was the only S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:VOO) industry sector to lose value in 2014.
Portfolio Report Card: A $496,000 Investment Plan with an Adventurous Flair
All investment portfolios are comparable to a novel, where each individual chooses their own personal genre and classification.
3 Symptoms of a Poorly Diversified Portfolio
What is diversification?
Here’s Why a Total Market Approach is Better vs. the S&P 500
Last year, Warren Buffett said he would direct the trustees of his estate to put 90% of his remaining assets in an S&P 500 index fund and 10% in short-term government bonds.
Long-Term Investing: A Cautionary True Life Tale
The financial services industry’s bias toward long-term investing as the magic formula to the problems that face the individual investor is wrong and misleading.
Should You Make Portfolio Decisions Based Upon Historical Correlations?
Market correlations explain to us the similarity in performance and behavior by different types of assets.