It’s not hard to find scary headlines about the bond market these days. Interest rates are scraping along historic lows and bond prices are very high as a result. Bond ETF buyers … Read more →

Most Americans do not associate real estate investment with retirement. Other than downsizing to a smaller home or, possibly, using a reverse mortgage, few consider it. It’s not because we are unsophisticated. … Read more →

It has become a standard conversation, particularly when people bend my ear about investments: What exchange-traded fund (ETF) should I own? Which ETF funds are the best? It’s a funny question, since … Read more →

What is an index fund? The name implies the answer, but there are some fundamental concepts to understand before buying an index fund as an investment. For instance, while indexing … Read more →

A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few weeks about risky ETFs. It’s turning into a branding problem, since most people associate exchange-traded funds with lower, not higher, risk. … Read more →

An extraordinary number of retirement investors find themselves asking “What is an ETF?” Extraordinary because many of them are investors in these funds, whether they realize it or not. An … Read more →

We all know this person: the shopping addict. Always snapping up the weekend paper for the department store circulars. Heads out to the mall before it even opens. The thrill … Read more →

It can be hard to appreciate the arc of investing history, until you take a sufficiently long view. Once upon a time, stocks were considered exotic. Most institutional investors placed … Read more →

The great thing about Google’s business model is not how they make money but how much their data generation reveals about the world. Dow 14000, for instance. For instance, if you take … Read more →

If  there’s anything the investment business loves, it’s a good marketing angle. And this is a business than can market like nobody else. Growth stocks, value stocks, contrarian funds, macro … Read more →