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Who’s Occupying Your Portfolio?
The Occupy Wall Street movement has become a topic of national discussion. Camped out in lower Manhattan for over a month, the protestors have spawned copycat events across the nation … Read more
Why Your Retirement Account Underperforms Most Pensions
There’s a retirement crisis brewing in America. We all know it is coming, but it is unclear what to do about it. In 2008, employees were complaining, “My 401(k) is … Read more
Does Stock Forecasting Work?
Remember Yahoo, Gordo. It’s like Abracadabra. In the time travel movie Frequency, this Yahoo stock tip was passed through time to the six-year-old Gordo via a mysterious interplay of a … Read more
What Makes You Trust Anyone’s Investment Advice?
It is well documented in surveys and studies by financial institutions that when we seek investment help, we make choices based upon one major criterion: trust. It all boils down … Read more
Are You the Dumb Money?
In the hit comedy, Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play two guys that are so utterly moronic, that their inanity actually becomes their best asset. Without knowing … Read more
How Politics Affect Your Portfolio
The markets shuddered last week when the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced unemployment remained stalled at a dismal 9.1 percent. While this news launched a wave of rhetoric from politicians … Read more
Are You Gambling or Investing?
Are you saving money to travel, buy things you want, help the charities and people you love, send kids to college, stop working, or just plain relax? If so, consult … Read more
How to Manage Your Investment Anxiety
As uncouth as it may be, worrying about one’s investments seems to be the order of the day. And it’s no wonder. As the markets careen to and fro, publications … Read more
Remember the Law of Compound Returns
When the markets get turbulent as they are today, investors get emotional. We want to react. Today is a fear day, but last month there were greed days. On fear … Read more
How to Invest for the Long Run
Well, we’re scared, but we ain’t shakin’ Kinda bent, but we ain’t breakin’ in the long run Ooh, I want to tell you, it’s a long run in the long … Read more