The secular bear market that began in 2000 has seen many investors scratching their heads over where to allocate their investable funds. Stocks have lived up to the secular bear moniker by fluctuating wildly but managing little real price progress over the past decade. In the meantime, bonds have extended a 30-plus year bull run… Continue Reading
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Personal Finance in a Secular Bear Market
No one knows what they’ll do in a moment of crisis and hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. ~Joan Baez When I wrote Another Bear Market: Is It Time to Buy? earlier this week, I tried to summarize the current bull and bear points of view. I also promised to write about how we’re approaching the… Continue Reading
20 Cents from September 2011
This month it was truly difficult to pick only 10 articles to include. I almost had to up the ante to 30 cents! But my goal with these monthly collections is to keep them succinct so readers aren’t overwhelmed with information. Suffice it to say that some really great pieces were left on the proverbial… Continue Reading
Portfolio Options for a Risky Market
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don’t embrace trouble; that’s as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on… Continue Reading
Income Investing for Canadians: Comparing 3 iShares ETFs
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. ~Roy Disney Last week we looked at 3 New ETFs for Canadians. For that article, we focused on iShares ETFs. While doing a little research on the iShares site, I realized that the selection of ETFs for investors looking for income from… Continue Reading
3 New ETFs for Canadians
Life is the sum of all your choices. ~Albert Camus If Camus was right, and life really is just a tally of all your choices, then perhaps the same can be said for your investment returns. These days, there’s no shortage of choices facing investors. In fact, many have argued that we have too many… Continue Reading
Book Review: Super Sectors
Stock market activity over the last ten years has proven that “buy and hold” is a dead concept and it’s very likely that going forward over the next ten years, “buy and hold” will continue to be an invalid and ineffective concept. Because over the last ten years, the S&P 500 has generated a negative… Continue Reading
Stock Selection Advice from a Veteran DIY Investor
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb Yesterday I introduced you to Thomas, a regular reader who offered some general investment thoughts. Today, he shares some more specific ideas gleaned from 35 years of do-it-yourself investing. For the record, his professionally managed portfolios lost about 30%… Continue Reading