Want to invest like Warren Buffett? The billionaire investor and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) has this advice: Don’t sell your stocks. Buy and hold. Easy for him to say, … Read more →

Passive investing strategies are all about following the market leaders, right? Not really. Sometimes, it means you are ahead of the market by a wide margin. Consider how passive investing … Read more →

What’s the No. 1 individual investing mistake? Pride. Let me explain: Consider, for a moment, the world of professional athletes. If you ever get a chance to walk on a … Read more →

Clearly seeing stock buy signals is nearly a superhuman feat. If you watch enough financial cable TV shows, it’s always a small band of highly intelligent (or highly connected) insiders who … Read more →

A tempting variation on the passive investing strategy is the macroeconomic trend idea. In simple terms, an investor who would otherwise pursue a completely passive investing strategy seeks instead to … Read more →

An ETF investing strategy can sound like heavy lifting, something best left to a pricey money manager. But the facts are simple: You can learn and put into play a … Read more →

Short sell Apple (AAPL)? Wouldn’t that be the greatest short in the history of shorts? It isn’t hard to find famous money managers buzzing about this idea. Jim Chanos, who … Read more →

The active vs. passive management debate can seem sterile, perhaps a bit academic. But every investor knows that all-too-ticklish feeling when they get “the call” from a broker. A sales … Read more →

Picture a passive investing portfolio vs. a selection of active, hot-and-heavy hedge funds. In such volatile times, the active funds should be trouncing the market, right? There must have been … Read more →

Mutual fund fees too high? Any product has to sell itself on being different, better, and worth paying for. You’d never pay extra to a driver who might — or … Read more →