Another Bear Market: Is It Time to Buy?

By 2 Cents on October 5th, 2011 | Category: Investing | 17 comments
enter-exit

Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.

~Tom Stoppard

So the markets have really taken it on the chin lately. I read a blog post via Twitter a week ago that said it was a great time to be greedy. It was widely retweeted by many in the personal finance blogosphere. It’s just the kind of confirmation they wanted to hear, but that advice hasn’t worked out too well – at least for now.

I’ve seen plenty of folks chomping at the bit to buy more stocks as prices plummet. Those dividend yields get a lot juicier as the price of the underlying stocks drop! Of course, there’s also room for them to get even more attractive, or to be cut if the economy continues to sputter.

Given the tremendous diversity of opinions out there, I thought it might be a good time to do another Bulls [...]

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Inverse ETFs: Pros & Cons

By 2 Cents on July 14th, 2010 | Category: Investing | 11 comments

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

~ Theodore Rubin

Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance – Gettin’ Hot in Here Edition posted at Nerd Wallet. Thanks!

I’ve mentioned inverse ETFs a couple of times lately, so I thought it might be a good idea to explain what they are and how to use them for those who aren’t already familiar with them. Inverse ETFs are exchange traded funds that rise in value when the index that they track falls in value. If you believe the markets are going down, you can buy shares in an inverse ETF just like an individual stock. If you’re right, your shares will rise in value. But if the market rises, the share price of your inverse ETF will [...]

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