S&P 500 Sector Review: (Not Yet) Time to Panic
Friday brought with it the first day the S&P 500 suffered a decline of -2% or more in over 7 months. That's not a...
Closed-End Funds For 2014: A Closer Look At PDI
Closed-end funds, also known as CEFs, offer a unique combination of growth and income in a liquid and diversified investment vehicle that are most...
2013 to 2014: So Far, a Seamless Transition for Stocks
Will 2014 evolve into a continuation of or a clean break from the S&P 500's 2013's performance? What impact will the so-called January Effect...
Investors: Managing Risk Means Knowing Yourself
Each day, active investors are tasked with digesting and analyzing the market landscape. We do this as a means for managing risk within our...
Why Past Performance Indicator Does Not Apply To Today’s Market
The recent Wall Street Journal article, “How to Lose Money in the Market in a Hurry,” argues against making an investment based on the...
Understanding Asymmetric Risk For Outsized Investing Returns
Understanding asymmetric risk is critical to making good decisions. Whether you want to be a successful investor, manager or parent, the ability to identify...
Why The Crazy Tech Bubble S&P 500 P/Es Matter Now
An S&P 500 P/E chart made the rounds a few days ago following a note from Goldman Sachs' David Kostin's observing the S&P 500's (SPX)...
Is the Market Bubble Meme Our Biggest Blind Spot?
Tadas Viskanta of Abnormal Returns was out yesterday with an excellent compilation of quotes on financial bubbles that along with its linked sources is the...
Low Volatility and Self-Destructing Market Biases
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their...
2014 Emerging Markets Outlook: Not Much Better
Emerging market equities have been out of favor going on three years, and technical conditions suggest the 2014 Emerging Markets outlook probably isn't much...
