Investing Luck vs. Skill
“…a fund’s management has skill only if the fund’s expected gross returns are sufficient to cover the costs (primarily trading costs) not included in its expense ratio…a comparable efficiently managed passive fundRead More…
“…a fund’s management has skill only if the fund’s expected gross returns are sufficient to cover the costs (primarily trading costs) not included in its expense ratio…a comparable efficiently managed passive fundRead More…
Beyond fear and greed, other powerful behavioral biases can be found in almost all investors, both private and professional, and are often exhibited by enduring habits and behaviors that are very difficultRead More…
“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”― Winston S.Read More…
With Tax Day 2019 only two weeks away you may still be scrambling around trying to determine what to do for your 2018 IRA contribution. April 15, 2019 is the deadline forRead More…
Retirement, in the traditional sense, has been a series of decisions that span almost a lifetime, a person’s entire adulthood, starting with that first paycheck. It comes as the most jolting ofRead More…
Its 2019, and a recession is in our future, and in a recession, cash is king, or so they say. Yes, its good to have a ton of it when the marketRead More…
In 2019, the ETF industry is expected to top $4 trillion for the first time. By the end of 2018, a high water mark of almost $3.4 trillion was reached in theRead More…
WisdomTree is closing eight of its ETFs. Their last day of trading being March 14. These funds are closing because in-flows have been small due to lack of investor interest in theseRead More…
The ETF Spotlight is on SPDR Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF Ticker Symbol: IPE Family: State Street Global Advisors SPDRs Exchange: NYSE ARCA Brief: IPE seeks to provide investment results that corresponds toRead More…
Wealth building is a two part process: 1) Making money, and 2) Keeping money. The desire to make more money is universal, regardless of how much one already makes. More of humanity’sRead More…