Category: Free Market Efficient Portfolios

  • Bad Markets in January?

    The market return in January was down, especially when comparing it to the wonderful returns we all received in 2013. You might be thinking, is this the beginning of a bear market. Should you panic. The answer is no to panicking. The market will do its thing in the short term but if you are…

  • What’s Even Better than Index Funds?

    Dan Solin helps us to understand first of all why index funds are better than actively traded funds. Then he goes on to explain why there is an even better way to invest than index funds. We call it institutional funds, he calls it passive asset class investing. Here is part of the article he…

  • Market Timing Doesn’t Work

    This article is from the Wall Street Journal, which encourages market timing in almost all of their articles. But this article proves that market timing is detrimental to your portfolio performance. “Will investors ever stop underperforming their own investments? Consider Pimco Total Return, the giant bond mutual fund run by the renowned investor Bill Gross.…

  • Dan Solin- “The Best and Worst Investment Advice”

    This is one of the best articles I have seen on the financial industry. Dan Solin puts it in plain terms so we can all understand. “This is a busy time for financial journalists and advisers. The government shutdown and the looming prospect of an unprecedented default by the U.S. Treasury in meeting its obligations…

  • Dan Solin “Learning From Brazil”

    This is a very interesting article from Dan Solin on the investors take on what has happened in Brazil. “Let’s take a journey back in time to 2005. Your broker calls you with exciting news. His firm has just issued a comprehensive report concluding that Brazil is likely to become one of the fastest-growing economies…

  • “Experience Counts Except When Selecting Mutual Funds” Dan Solin

    This is a recent article from Dan Solin. He is right on! “Who can quarrel with the value of experience? We want to be sure our doctors are well experienced in treating our illness, and we want to fly with pilots who have experience in the cockpit. Most people would prefer an experienced travel guide.…

  • “Main Street Money” Summary

    Here is a small clip summary of Mark Matson’s book “Main Street Money” “You may not know me – but I know you. Or, at least, I know of most of you. Chances are you’re one of the 95 percent of Americans who are destined to retire broke. It’s not really your fault. Goodness knows…

  • Market Timing: Risk vs. Reward

    For first-time investors, putting money into the stock market may seem like an intimidating task. You may be asking yourself, what happens if you put your money in at the wrong time? How do you know when to take money out or switch to treasury bills? While at first glance it may seem, in order…

  • Are you Gambling or Investing?

    We’ve all heard the old adage that investing in the market is the same thing as gambling. With America’s #1 wagering event, the Super Bowl, still fresh in our memories, it seems like a good time to take a look at the truth behind that statement. According to mint.com, $87.5 million worth of legal bets…

  • Stockpicking?

    There are so many unknown variables when picking individual stocks (literally trillions), that is why it is impossible to consistently guess which ones are going to go up or when they are going to go down. The lure for stock speculators is similar to the gambler… the excitement that is felt and experienced when they…