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John Coumarianos

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John Coumarianos is an Analyst for Clarity Financial, LLC, and is a contributing editor to the Real Investment Advice Website. He has been an analyst at Morningstar and a writer for MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal. He specializes in value investing.
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The October Curse: Who Survived & Who Didn’t
Thursday, November 1, 2018 8:50 AM EDT
The S&P 500 Index dropped 6.84%, including dividends in a showing that was a rude awakening for investors who had, once again, become complacent.
In this article: UNH, ICF, IYF, IYH, SHV, TLH, XLP, XLU
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Rules For Managing Volatility
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:23 AM EDT
Volatility is back. Your success as an investor is based on how you’ll deal with it.
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You Are Different This Time
Monday, October 22, 2018 8:58 AM EDT
If you’re retired and withdrawing from your portfolio, the “sequence-of-return” risk – the problem of the early years of withdrawals coinciding with a declining portfolio – can upend your entire retirement.
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Closed-End Fund Discounts
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:15 PM EDT
It’s debatable whether the recent stock market slide created some bargains, but there’s another corner of financial markets where inefficiencies prevail more regularly – the closed-end fund universe.
In this article: RIF, CUBA, MNE, BIF, NXJ, NUM
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Analyzing This Year’s Market Returns
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:44 AM EDT
Many investors assume their accounts have achieved good returns this year. After all, the S&P 500 Index is up nearly 9.5% through October 8, including dividends.
In this article: ACWI, VBINX, SPX
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Bubbles And Zombies
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 11:46 AM EDT
They say nobody rings a bell at the top of the market. But whether this is the top or not, two prominent market observers and historians, Robert Shiller and Edward Chancellor, are expressing concern.
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Q3-Market Performance Review
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:28 AM EDT
Investors should know that domestic stocks are considerably overpriced by any valuation metric one chooses to use. That doesn’t mean they can’t get more expensive.
In this article: VTR, EFA, IWM, SPX
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Big Apartment REITs Aren’t Yielding Enough
Monday, September 24, 2018 8:55 AM EDT
The six largest publicly traded apartment REITs are now paying dividend yields of less than 3.5%.
In this article: AVB, UDR, MAA, EQR, ESS, AIV, CPT
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Learning Emotional Control From This Year’s Market Moves
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:12 AM EDT
The S&P 500 Index ended August up 9.94% for the year. But that seemingly happy statistic doesn’t indicate what an investor might have felt at various points during the year.
In this article: SPX, VNQ
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Don’t Worry About Trump; Worry About Earnings
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 9:29 AM EDT
If you’re concerned about President Trump’s influence on the stock market you’re concerned about the wrong thing.
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Buybacks – Boosting Returns Or Liquidating Companies?
Friday, August 24, 2018 1:00 AM EDT
Do buybacks boost stock market returns or reduce market capitalization?
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Are Emerging Markets Toast?
Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:45 PM EDT
On a year-to-date basis, the S&P 500 Index was up more than 6% through July, while the MSCI EAFE (EFA) Index was down slightly and the MSCI EM (EEM) Index was down more than 4%.
In this article: EEM, EFA
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Emerging Markets: Acting Badly & Getting Cheaper
Friday, August 3, 2018 10:14 AM EDT
Emerging market stocks have lost their luster for US investors in 2018. After gaining more than 35% in 2017, the MSCI Emerging Markets index dropped by 6.7% over the first two quarters of 2018.
In this article: EEM
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Facebook Follow-up: Looking At Two Other Tech Darlings
Monday, July 30, 2018 9:33 AM EDT
It’s hard to know if Facebook’s problems represent the technology sector’s comeuppance.
In this article: TSLA, META, GOOGL
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Is Facebook Worth Its Current Price?
Monday, July 23, 2018 10:47 AM EDT
Facebook has converted $0.40 of every $1.00 in revenue into free cash flow over the past few years. Facebook would have to increase its revenues by more than 12% annually for the next decade to justify the current stock price.
In this article: META
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Do You Have Too Much Stock Exposure?
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 11:02 AM EDT
If you’re retiree trying to use your saved capital to generate income, you’re basically trying to construct a pension for yourself.
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