Best-In-Category ETFs
With the number of exchange-traded funds trading in the U.S. approaching 2,000, how are investors to make fund selections from this vast array of options?…
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3 Investment Ideas For What Q2 Has In Store
Continued global economic expansion. Inflation picking up – leading to further interest rate hikes by the Fed. More muted returns – and higher volatility. And…
Why This Analyst Is Not High On Cannabis Funds – And Investors May Want To Avoid Most Of Them
When it comes to the relatively recent advent of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds focused on the cannabis industry, the author of today’s article states,…
Assessing The Smartness Of These “Top” Stock Picks
In a Forbes listing of “Top U.S. Stocks For 2018”, the contributors named United Health Group, FedEx, Viper Energy, T-Mobile and Microsoft. In today’s article,…
Marijuana Anxiety: Should Pot Stock Investors Be Afraid?
The author of today’s article was behind the first exchange-traded fund listed in the U.S. that offered investors targeted exposure to the marijuana industry and…
Lessons From The “Asset Allocation Quilt”
The author of today’s article calls it “my favorite performance chart” – an “asset allocation quilt” showing the returns – and respective rankings – for…
Better Pick An ETF
There are thousands of exchange-traded funds from which to choose. So how do you pick an ETF – especially when choosing between a handful of…
Assessing An Aging Bull: Market Forecasts For 2018
Of the stock market in 2017, today’s article notes that “Donald Trump’s election in 2016 turned a bull market with a midlife crisis into a…
What Investors Get Wrong With Alternatives – And Why Now May Be The Time To Buy
Against the backdrop of an extremely accommodative monetary policy by the Fed, low interest rates, and a booming U.S. stock market generating historically high returns…
Asset Allocation Is Very Important – But Don’t Underestimate The Impact Of Asset Location
While most individual investors understand the importance of asset allocation – a good thing as studies find that it accounts for 90% or more of…