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Is the Stock Market Rigged?
Investors everywhere are panicking and fearful after a very interesting topic on 60 minutes this past Sunday. The headlines read, “The Stock Market is Rigged, and you are the victim”. So I am going to break down exactly why they are saying that the stock market is rigged, and whether you should panic or not.…
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When Stockpickers Realize Their Flaw
Stock Picking is and has been a very popular topic for years. We look at examples like Warren Buffet and see how much success he had “stock picking”. Well I learned today that Warren Buffet doesn’t believe that stock picking works. Here are pieces of a great article called, “Why the World’s Greatest Stock Picker…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Obama Care and Small Business
At times, it seems like it’s been forever since the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—more commonly known as Obamacare—was signed into law; the president’s flagship legislation raised a few eyebrows when it was first announced, and has been embattled ever since. As it stands, the Affordable Care Act is being implemented in phases, so we may…
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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…
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“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.…
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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…
