Monthly Archives: June 2008
Indexing is King – but what Index?
There is widespread agreement that index (tracker) funds produce superior returns to the average actively managed fund (see Why Managed Funds are Bad for your Wealth). That is, if you invest in a tracker you’ll most likely make more than … Continue reading
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Volatility Rocks The Investment Markets
by Steve Selengut Gets your attention, doesn’t it? The unfortunate thing though, is that most people will react negatively to this intentionally inflammatory, media-ready, title statement. Has some Wall Street virus attacked our financial experience memory chip? Bouncing around unpredictably … Continue reading
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How Active Should You Be?
How active should you be in re-arranging your investment portfolio? For an ideal investor in an ideal world, the simple answer is as little as possible. But this assumes, of course, you always make the right decisions and that life … Continue reading
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The Second Half of the Game
You’ve played a good first half by working hard, and being astute and disciplined enough to build up some assets. Now, with retirement on the horizon, your financial focus needs to shift from building wealth to making sure that you … Continue reading
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Is Trading Dumb?
Trading is the buying and selling of stocks or other financial instruments over short periods with a view to making a profit between the opening and closing of a position. By contrast, investing is the accumulation of assets over the … Continue reading
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