index investing

Index Investing In Down Markets

If the stock market fell 10% in the next week, what would you do? What if it fell 20% in a day? What then? These seem like wild questions, but it’s … Read more

Posted on April 24, 2015 by
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As Stocks Fade, Should I Go To Cash?

As U.S. stocks skid lower, the big question hanging in the air for many investors seemed to be: Should I sell and go to cash? Of course, that question is … Read more

Posted on April 17, 2015 by
investing

Investing: Ride A Bull, Fend Off A Bear

By about this point, you are likely to begin running into columns online giving advice about what to do when the stock market enters yet another potential up year — … Read more

Posted on April 3, 2015 by
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Stocks Too High? Emotions Will Cost You

You might recently have seen headlines about the NASDAQ. The tech-centric stock market has broken through its previous all-time high, set back in the dot-com days. It soon fell right … Read more

Posted on March 6, 2015 by
portfolio investing

Portfolio Investing: Climate, Not Weather

It has been a very, very cold few months, particularly in New England. Boston is buried in snow. Niagara Falls has frozen over. Even the South is getting hit with … Read more

Posted on February 20, 2015 by
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Your Investing Secret Weapon Is Time

It seems like 99% of the financial pages on the Internet are devoted to a single idea — that you can beat the market just by owning the right stocks at the … Read more

Posted on January 27, 2015 by
hedge fund

Hedge Fund Chief: ‘Sorry’ For Losing It All

It’s one of those rare moments of humility on Wall Street, a placed where “indicted but never convicted” is a badge of honor. A hedge fund chief who lost all … Read more

Posted on January 22, 2015 by
beating the market

Beating The Market? Why That’s Bad News

The billionaire investor Warren Buffett is a highly quotable figure, but perhaps the most revealing of his many statements on money management is also his funniest: “You only find out … Read more

Posted on January 16, 2015 by
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Beat The Market? The Odds Are Shrinking Fast

Few things are more entertaining than when a presumptive sports superstar gets promoted to the big leagues and then unceremoniously handed his hat. You know this guy, the great college … Read more

Posted on January 9, 2015 by
retirement

Retirement: Second Place Wins The Race

Can you beat the market these days? Should you even try? Increasingly, the resounding answer for retirement investors is “no” and “save your money.” Wall Street blows a lot of … Read more

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