Portfolio Report Card: A $850,613 Portfolio with Sluggish Results
Your investment portfolio is nothing more than a reflection of who you are.
Beware of Skewed Performance Comparisons
Many people and fund companies still use inappropriate benchmarks for measuring investment performance.
Cyber-Security: An Emerging Sector with Big Opportunities
Cyber-attacks on governments and corporations has become a routine part of the daily news.
Portfolio Report Card: A $294,439 Retirement Plan with a Tax Threat
Some of us got started late at saving and investing for retirement.
Portfolio Bits: The Whole Pie or the Pieces?
It’s been said that complexity is the enemy of execution.
Volatility Sleeps, Risk Doesn’t
Higher stock prices (NYSEARCA:DIA) have kept a lid on stock market volatility.
Love Affair with High Risk Debt Overtakes Bond Market
The most important single factor in shaping security markets is the public’s psychology.
Q&A: How Many ETFs Do You Need for a Well-Rounded Portfolio?
Q. How many ETFs do I need to own to have a balanced and diversified portfolio?
Your Investment Portfolio’s Foundation: Where Should it Be Built?
A good investment plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
Cyber Security: An Emerging Sector within Technology
The highly publicized cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November 2014 is the type of greatly feared computerized catastrophe that all individuals and institutions face.
Portfolio Report Card: One Doctor’s Sick $503,929 Retirement Plan
Some illnesses can go undetected for many years.
Excessive Bullishness Toward Gold Points to a Retreat
Sentiment extremes, regardless of whether they’re bullish or bearish, invariably point to a readjustment in prices.
What’s Your Income Plan?
For just the fourth time in 50 years, the S&P 500’s (NYSEARCA:IVV) dividend yield was briefly more versus 10-year U.S. Treasuries (ChicagoOptions:^TNX).
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.