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Excuses for Underperforming the Market
by Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal posted an excerpt…
September 17, 2014
Avoid Being an Out-Of-Style Investor
by Rick Ferri Beating the market using mutual funds isnât easy. The hope of finding fund managers who…
September 16, 2014
Veronika Hirsch: Great Canadian Companies in a Very Slow Growth World
In our latest instalment of AdvisorAnalyst.com Insighters, we spoke with Veronika Hirsch, Senior Portfolio Manager, Arrow Capital about…
September 15, 2014
Why the Active vs Passive Debate is the Most Important Debate in Finance
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism With assets pouring into index funds and ETFâs and away from traditional actively…
September 11, 2014
7 Deadly Sins of Investing
by Lance Roberts of STA Wealth Management, I have often written about the emotional and psychological factors that…
September 10, 2014
Why Allocation Matters So Much
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism My latest post on âpassiveâ indexing made some people upset. Â I have argued,…
September 9, 2014
"Passive Investing" is Not Passive
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism This is my OCD speaking again and Iâm not gonna beat around the…
September 5, 2014
The Active Vs. Passive Debate Has Become Rather Tiresome
by James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Morningstar got a lot of pushback from readers in the wake of…
August 28, 2014
The End of Stock Picking
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Jason Zweig has a nice piece in yesterdayâs Wall Street Journal on the end…
August 25, 2014
Why Active Managers Underperform
by Cam Hui, Humble Students of the Markets It is a tru-ism these days that active managers tend…
August 15, 2014
We Are All Active Investors â Part 2
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Early last year I wrote a post describing the illusion of âpassive investingâ.…
August 13, 2014
Putting the âUnderperformanceâ of Active Managers in Perspective
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism This mantra has been beaten into the brains of investors over the last…
August 11, 2014
Getting Closer: Fed Continues its Tapering & Moving Toward Rate Hikes
Getting Closer: Fed Continues its Tapering & Moving Toward Rate Hikes by Liz Ann Sonders July 30, 2014…
July 31, 2014
Why 'Buy and Hold' is a Misnomer
âWealth isnât primarily determined by investment performance, but by investment behavior.â â Nick Murray Dr. Andrew Lo,…
July 31, 2014
What to do when Valuations are High?
by David Merkel, Aleph Blog A letter from a reader: Hi David, What would you recommend for…
July 11, 2014