…you see all other commodities in blue. The BLS starts with food and energy, which are large and volatile components (as seen in orange and red, the ‘hot’ colors). The…
…start-ups. Many of these companies aren’t profitable, meaning they are spending down the cash they’ve raised. Before last year, losing money wasn’t a big deal because these companies were so…
…reliably provide the cash flow that you need to live on and still have enough capital to enjoy the recovery when it comes, a bear market should be manageable. And…
…poster-child of internet bubble mentality that I know its premise. The authors argued that investors would finally come to realize that stocks aren’t risky, would no longer require additional compensation…
…at this point. With the bond buying program complete, the next question is when the Fed will begin to actually raise interest rates. In her first press conference as Fed…
…14.26. In case you’ve forgotten, the VIX is the implied volatility for the S&P 500 in the coming three months based on options for the S&P 500. Traders don’t know…
Although it’s come and gone, I am still thinking about the price spike in the 10-year US Treasury note that occurred last Wednesday. Someone from Blackrock told me yesterday that…
…talk about non-traded REITs. We like and use REITs (click here for more), but haven’t bought non-traded REITs. Traded or non-traded, REITs are simply companies that own commercial real estate…
…weighting, 60 and 40 percent respectively. Making matters even more confusing is that there are separate pools of funds for comparison. The mutual fund is compared to 800 other intermediate…
…now they benchmark indexes created by FTSE. When Vanguard made the announcement, they issued some back-tests that showed how the old and new indexes compared. While there were some differences,…
