Perhaps the typical 2% management fees charged by mutual funds and financial advisers don’t look too damaging at first glance-especially if you believe the managers will deliver on their market … Read more →

Asset Allocation is being mistaken form tactical allocation. “It’s the financial fantasy for a post-crash world: Wouldn’t life be grand if you could own one mutual fund that invested in … Read more →

These last two weeks I have read many articles and blogs that reference the last decade as being disastrous for most investors, yet was pleased to read how owners of … Read more →

Sam Mamudi of the Wall Street Journal deservingly poked money managers in the eye with his recent report on how such mangers underperformed indexes in both real and risk adjusted … Read more →

Be certain to read the fine print when signing up to purchase mutual funds as Wall Street scams never fail to surprize me. A recent MSN money article ‘Is Your … Read more →

Market timing, a well known term learned in Investing 101, is exciting and can be quite profitable yet stock picking is oftentimes very fickle and given how the tide shifts … Read more →

In this week’s Forbes column, Rick Ferri asserts that “partial indexing works for Wall Street, not investors”. In this penetrating article, Rick ruthlessly uncovers Wall Street’s agenda is selling indexing … Read more →

If you are picking stocks for your own portfolio, then you are competing against all of the smart stock pickers in the world. In fact, when you’re buying or selling, … Read more →

Summary: As for the fees that investors pay in the hedge fund world – and that, of course, is the crux of Buffett’s argument – they are both complicated and … Read more →

Investors Behaving Badly The Financial Research Corporation released a study prior to the [2001-02] bear market which showed that the average mutual fund’s three-year return was 10.92%, while the average … Read more →