An excellent article posted on Morningstar.com touts the fact that Active fund managers in Europe have the same struggles beating the Passive investment approach as they do here in the US. …activelyRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Ticker Symbol: GSG Family: iShares by BlackRock Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: The iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust tracks the S&P GSCIRead More…
“The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the bestRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF Ticker Symbol: RWR Family: State Street Global Advisors SPDRs Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: The SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF tracks the Dow Jones Read More…
“For those of us who experienced it, October 19, 1987, Black Monday,will be remembered as a bone-shaking event. Since then, the Dow Jones Industrial Averages has risen more than 25,000 points. MarketsRead More…
Investors had a rough 2018. The S&P 500 fell by over 5%, with some sectors and industries falling even more. A five percent drop is not catastrophic, but throughout the year itRead More…
While it is still 2019 in the west, Chinese astrology tells us that 4717 will be a great year for investing and making money. It’s the Year of the Pig on theRead More…
Ok, so we don’t have to be as dramatic as Tony Soprano writing off a turncoat family member, i.e. a rat, but ever since the introduction of the ROTH IRA the TraditionalRead More…
Passive Investments are the meal. Active Investments are the condiment. “Is all active investment the wrong way to invest?” No, not wrong, just not necessary to build meaningful wealth. Its a worthwhileRead More…
The Fix The Investments Series By 1993, when State Street Global Advisors introduced us to the world of SPDRs, the exchange traded fund structure, or very similar structures, had already been aroundRead More…