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How many other investment firms have told you...
"that you are in a life and death struggle with the investment industry. The investment industry is built on people trading and the more they trade the better it is for them (not you)."
We wholeheartedly agree with noted financial author-turned-investment advisor Dr. William Bernstein who puts it this way - "investment brokers service their clients the way Bonnie and Clyde serviced banks."
Why are we different? Since you have taken the time to visit our website, do not waste it. We have put information on our site designed to make you, the reader, a more educated investor. We believe that better education and knowledge will make you a more powerful investor.
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Avoid those who are ministers without portfolios - some recent B
Exactly one year ago this week (May 4, 2012), Luskin exhorted WSJ readers to dump equities because The 2013 Fiscal Cliff Could Crush Stocks. “Do the math on dividend taxes” he advised, warning that dividend yields would be lower, and stock prices would be considerably lower — “maybe by 30%.”
Um, no.
Over the ensuing year, we have seen a torrent of dividend increases. This was both in anticipation of, and since the...
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Posted May 8, 2013 @ 3:19pm
Stock market gains come from few top performers
There's an overwhelming body of evidence that demonstrates how difficult it is for active managers to outperform appropriate risk-adjusted benchmarks. We've discussed the reasons many times on this blog, but there's an often overlooked problem for active managers -- returns on individual stocks aren't normally distributed. In other words, the returns that drive overall stock market performance usually come from a handful of top performers.
For every Google or Apple, there are...
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Posted May 8, 2013 @ 1:57pm
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