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Financial Advisor May 2010 James Picerno |
Bodies In Motion A fresh look at an old idea: momentum investing. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 James Picerno |
Searching For Progress Financial innovation is under fire. Failing to beat the market is only one reason. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 James Picerno |
Rethinking Rebalancing Is it a risk management tool or a source of alpha? Maybe it's both. |
Financial Advisor February 2009 James Picerno |
We're All Value Investors Now The financial mindset is moving closer to what Ben Graham discovered long ago: Fundamental value matters. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen |
Alpha and Beta Can a portfolio consisting entirely of beta-producing elements produce alpha? The answer is clearly yes. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 James Picerno |
The First Step There are no easy answers for asset allocation, but at least there's a practical starting point. |
Financial Advisor December 2011 James Picerno |
Model-Free Investing Is equal weighting's agnostic view of asset-pricing theory an advantage? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Jane Li |
What is Exotic Beta? Exotic beta is essentially a practical, no-nonsense concept that financial planners can use to benefit the portfolios of everyday investors, not just the portfolios of the ultra-wealthy. Read on for more. |
Financial Advisor March 2008 Sydney LeBlanc |
Investment Utopia With index investing used as a foundation, numerous strategies are being employed to help generate returns that may beat the market while keeping costs low and allowing investors to sleep at night. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 James Picerno |
Old Debate, New Look Recent research suggests that alpha isn't so elusive after all. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 C. Michael Cart |
Risk Control: The Next Act For ETFs New Exchange-traded funds are being created as strategies and technology are developed. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Send in the Clones The introduction of low-cost clone hedge funds, constructed from exchange-traded funds by using quantitative investing techniques, may let Main Street enjoy hedge fund-like results. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Tim Knepp |
Question Assumptions It's time to ask ourselves whether the blunt tools of broad asset class definitions and traditional asset allocations provide an adequate defense against the complex risk and interaction of today's markets. |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Jim Picerno |
Macro And Markets Two sides of the risk management coin. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Tim Knepp |
Lost (and Found) In Translation The returns received from more traditional foreign stock investments, not to mention the stocks of U.S. multi-nationals, will no doubt remain heavily influenced by the dynamic of foreign exchange. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 David E. Adler |
High Net Worth: Alpha-Beta Investing This institutional strategy is starting to make inroads among high-net-worth managers. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Doug Short |
Competing With the S&P 500 If you want to increase your chance of beating the S&P 500 year after year, one good way is to broaden your investment choices to include a generous mix of smaller caps and international equities. Mutual funds and ETFs offer an easy means to get that degree of breadth. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Mark Willoughby |
Volatility Bites For those who had begun to underestimate the impact volatility can have on managing investment portfolios, the events of 2007 and early 2008 have been a sobering reminder. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. |
Financial Advisor September 2011 James Picerno |
Can Volatility Be Tamed? Yes, according to a new breed of equity hedging strategies. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 David Reilly |
Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Geoff Considine |
Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Richard A. Ferri |
Mapping Indexes Today's advisors can best serve their clients with a working knowledge of the various index methodologies. Unfortunately, this is no easy task. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
The Case For Portable ALPHA As international markets become more correlated, the need for financial advisers and money managers to access greater diversification -- while hedging risk -- could make this strategy investing's next hot model. |
BusinessWeek November 25, 2009 Amy Feldman |
'Hedge Funds' for Everyone The market meltdown highlighted the risk of investing in only stocks and bonds. A new wave of funds make it easier for average investors to diversify. |
Financial Advisor March 2010 Alan Lavine |
Markowitz: MPT Holds Up Modern portfolio theory never claimed diversification would help during financial crises. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 |
21st Century Asset Allocation Over the past several years, institutional investors increasingly have opted to allocate a portion of their portfolios to alternative investments as a way to smooth out market volatility. This trend is now spreading to the retail marketplace. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 C. & J. Carty |
Capturing Alpha With ETFs An actively managed portfolio of exchange-traded funds can generate risk-adjusted excess returns above those of its individual funds -- a positive alpha. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 James Picerno |
Economic Justice The details of how the business cycle affects the equity risk premium are emerging ... slowly. |
Financial Advisor July 2009 James Picerno |
Small-Cap Value Is Beautiful Again Small firms trading at low multiples are especially vulnerable these days. That's why they're so appealing. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Advisor September 2011 Brad Zigler |
Running The Numbers ETFs are supposed to be cheap, but can they outperform the market, too? |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Marla Brill |
The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 James J. Green |
Danger & Opportunity: Taking the Really Long View A conversation with Robert Manning, CEO of MFS Investment Management. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile Taking the Global View: Jeff Knight leads a standout fund at beleaguered mutual fund group Putnam. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Jason Van Steenwyk |
Winning the "Loser's Game" Investing is an activity in which the victor often prevails because he makes fewer mistakes than his rival does. It is no different for financial advisors and your clients. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Marla Brill |
New Indexes Nudge Out Old Favorites Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
If You Can't Beat the Indexes, Join Them As easy as it is to have an all-index portfolio, you may be curious: Is it a good idea? |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Submerging Markets Does it make sense to put money into emerging-markets stocks or funds now, at the current depressed prices? |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 John Rosevear |
When Twice as Much Isn't Twice as Good The goal of asset allocation is to spread your investments among different classes of assets to achieve better overall performance with less volatility. How can you tell if your funds are really diversified? |
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Vaughan Scully |
Quantitative Methodology ETFs Search for Better Performance A new breed of ETF has emerged, based on indices that are designed not to reflect the investable universe of a particular market niche, but to pick the best stocks within a specific sector or style. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Comparing Three Diversified Portfolio ETFs Keep your portfolio diversified! |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Michael Johnston |
ETFs for the Forgotten Asset Classes Is this all-ETF portfolio well-rounded enough? |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Matt Hougan |
Is `Buy The Market' Best? Enhanced indexers say they have the way to go the market one (or two) better. Financial advisors, take note. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Kathleen M. McBride |
Built to Last Although their strategies vary, Rob Arnott and his investment advisor peers are hewing to a long-term focus on fundamentals, valuations, costs, and taxes. |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
It's All Greek to Me Finance's unique combination of mathematical and social sciences makes the field a linguistic battleground among academics. As ways to express financial concepts, alpha and beta are relatively simple. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Kevin M. Wilson |
Why Value Beats Growth Portfolios using asset allocation combined with value investing produce better financial results. How should you advise clients to invest? |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Tom Lydon |
Slow Build Companies have lined up to introduce active ETFs, but so far less than 1% of ETF assets are in these products. |