A few years back, a popular TV quiz show posed this question in its title: “Are You Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?” It was a simple idea, as most successful ideas … Read more →

If you figured out how to trade the markets with a high certainty of profits and limited risk — by definition the job of paid money managers — would you … Read more →

“Psst! Want in on a secret new way to ‘know’ what’s going to happen in the markets? Look no further…” Sounds great, right? And that’s the implicit promise of trading systems … Read more →

Let’s talk concentration risk: If you’ve checked on your portfolio in the last few months, you might have noticed a certain deflating feeling centered around a single stock. As we pointed … Read more →

Is picking stocks nothing more than a hobby for bored upper-class men? Felix Salmon, the Reuters blogger, recently wrote an interesting post making this argument. The piece quickly turns into … Read more →

Everyone loves a winner. The massive Powerball jackpot, a record $587.5 million, is all over the news. Officials say two players, one in Missouri and one in Arizona, hit the … Read more →

Warren Buffett, the billionaire investing guru and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has this piece of advice for you: Calm down already. As with most Buffett investment advice, it takes some … Read more →

Election year investing is tricky stuff. If you thought the political pollsters had a tough job, imagine trying to calibrate a few billion in assets under management around an unknown … Read more →

Economic recovery 2013? One of the most annoying aspects of the economy over the past few years has been the stubbornness of the recovery we already have. You could chalk … Read more →

Stock picking is over, says economist and author Ben Stein. Evidence of the superiority of index funds over individual stock selection has become simply “overwhelming,” he says. Stein has written … Read more →