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10 Investment Mistakes Even Skilled Investors Make
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SureDividend
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 10:44 AM EDT
By fully understanding and genuinely acknowledging investment mistakes, you are a step further to achieving consistent gains from your investment portfolio.
What A Time To Be Alive And An Investor
Article By:
David Fabian
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:52 PM EDT
Sometimes it’s easy to forget how far we have come and how lucky we are today. You can trade for nothing, build a portfolio for nothing, and have unparalleled access to information for pennies a day.
ETF Product Development: Past, Present And Future
Article By:
Alpha Architect
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017 5:21 PM EDT
As ETFs have become a more widely used tool for investors, more differentiated and advanced strategies have been brought to market in response to a combination of investor demand and ETF issuer innovation.
Hard Assets In An Age Of Negative Interest Rates
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Mises Institute
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Saturday, September 30, 2017 2:09 PM EDT
The hard asset vision is about building wealth outside the stock market. It refers to three main strategies overall: 1) land ownership and/or farmland, forestry and agriculture 2) gold and certain other metals 3) the art market.
The Real Estate View For A Second Lost Decade
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 2:05 PM EDT
The National Association of Realtors reports today that sales of existing homes in the US were down 1.7% in August 2017 from July. At a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million, that’s the lowest pace for resales since July 2016.
Investing In India Means Short-Term Pain For Long-Term Gain
Article By:
Jeff Yastine
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:57 PM EDT
“India will account for more than half of the increase in Asia’s workforce in the coming decade,” writes Deloitte’s economist. “There will be rising economic potential … The consequences for businesses are huge.”
Hurricane Pain
Article By:
Phil Flynn
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Thursday, September 7, 2017 8:55 AM EDT
Almost all global markets seem to be transfixed on Hurricane Irma that could wallop Florida with an unprecedented and merciless blow and have an impact on many lives as well as the U.S. and global economy.
Canada Hikes Again - What Does It Mean For The "CANZ Economies"?
Article By:
Callum Thomas
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 3:40 PM EDT
The CANZ Economies - Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, share the common vulnerability of extreme overvaluation in their property markets. They also all have high household leverage ratios.
Where Money Goes To Die
Article By:
David Merkel
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 9:26 AM EDT
It is often a wise thing to look around and see where people are doing that is nuts. Often it is obvious in advance. In the past, the two most obvious were the dot-com bubble and the housing bubble.
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The Ins And Outs Of Low Volatility ETFs
Article By:
David Fabian
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Saturday, September 2, 2017 11:19 AM EDT
If there’s one thing investors love, it’s consistency and reliability - two attributes that deftly describe the trend of exchange-traded funds that track low volatility stocks.
Biotech Bonanza: The Next Leg Up For Biotech Stocks
Article By:
Tarun Chandra, CFA
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Friday, September 1, 2017 8:05 PM EDT
The Biotechnology sector remains one of the top performing sectors this year with the benchmark Nasdaq Biotechnology Index of biotech stocks, as represented by the biotech ETF (IBB), gaining 17% in the first half.
Using Sectorology In Portfolio Construction
Article By:
Roger Nusbaum
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017 12:00 PM EDT
Financials right now comprise about 14% of the S&P 500. If the SPX is your benchmark index then investing at the sector level means making a decision about being overweight/underweight/equal weight the sector.
The Changing MLP Investor
Article By:
Simon Lack
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Monday, August 21, 2017 2:24 PM EDT
Why aren’t MLPs performing better given the fundamentals? On valuation, they should be compelling. Using EV/EBITDA, they are virtually on top of utilities, a point not reached either in 2008 or 2016.
Autonomous Cars - Issues Yet To Be Addressed
Article By:
Craig Brown
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Friday, August 11, 2017 9:25 PM EDT
Auto insurers are facing an unprecedented change over the next decade or so, so if you are invested in them make sure they are preparing for the new future. Product liability, cyber risk, car sales - all these areas could profoundly change.