Exploding the Wall Street Myths

Posted on February 22, 2007

Exploding the Wall Street Myths Wall Street must have a propaganda machine to generate so many great investment myths. Like most myths, many begin with a kernel of truth, but end up inferring much that may not be true. Shrewd operators (like many financial institutions) often take these myths and use them for their own ends. The inducements are familiar—potential tax savings, greater returns, less effort

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Active Management Has the Potential to Improve Returns

Posted on February 8, 2007

Moving into 2007, market averages are testing “new-high” territory and have not endured a major correction since late 2002, over four years ago. A sure indicator that investors are beginning to worry that a major drop could be on line for 2007 is a proliferation of articles extolling investors to stay fully invested and not to try to “time” the market. After all, runs the most

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Are You Good at Poker?

Posted on November 29, 2006

Are You Good at Poker? How about investing? Just about everyone knows that three of a kind beats a pair, even those of us who don’t play poker. But as I point out in an example for my college class, it takes a higher level of skill to play and consistently win at poker than merely knowing the relative values of the hands. Where many people

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Never Leave the Game in the 8th

Posted on July 14, 2006

Greetings, Welcome to this month’s issue of Financial Market Update. In this issue, I’ll tell why this is one of the greatest times to be invested. I will also talk about the bond market’s conflicting signals, and what that might mean for you. Also, more in our recent series of articles about the real estate market, that has been helpful to so many of you. Never

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August 2004: New Portfolios

Posted on December 23, 2005

Bond Protection Portfolios Most bond investors know that rising interest rates can cause huge losses in bond portfolios, regardless of whether we are talking individual bonds or bond funds. With bond prices still trying to recover from shocking declines last summer and this spring, our new Bond Protection portfolio, first offered in May, is attracting interest from high-net-worth investors. In this strategy we will apply hedging

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