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equity markets

2010: Hope for a Decade Lost

December 29, 2009

Perhaps the best way to find out whether there is any validity in these sorts of year-end predictions is to look at the one made about this time a year hence. I referred to 2009 as an “Even Tempered Reconciliation”.  Wondering how we might survive was not the issue.  I knew we all would just [...]

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The Curious Case of Mutual Fund Comparison: Performance

December 6, 2009

The last lines of Matthew P. Fink’s book, “The Rise of the Mutual Fund” suggest that although he is a “worrier; nonetheless, I am optimistic”.  This speaks volumes to the “extraordinary success of mutual funds”.  Mr. Fink believes that despite the speculation about the maturity of the industry, it is far from falling from its [...]

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Beginning Investor’s Dilemma

September 21, 2009

Where to begin?  This question has stymied beginning investors since the time the market began.  These days though, the question is twofold: why should I begin and where will I get the money? Time remains the single best attribute to  investing early and equally important, often. The powers of the equity markets are confusing unless [...]

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