You Don’t Need to Buy a Farm to Invest in Commodities
How can you get commodities exposure without buying a farm? One idea is invest in industry sectors closely tied to energy, agriculture, and mining. Ron…
How can you get commodities exposure without buying a farm? One idea is invest in industry sectors closely tied to energy, agriculture, and mining. Ron…
Let’s examine the facts and fiction about portfolio diversification. Fiction: A 60/40 stock and bond portfolio (Nasdaq:VBMVX) is fully diversified. Fact: Only investment portfolios with…
Never mind how U.S. stocks are at all-time highs.  People are pouring more money into stock tracking ETFs. The top three ETFs by asset inflows over…
While Wall Street and the mainstream media is enamored by one all-time high after another in the U.S. stock market (NYSEARCA:DIA), other key investment themes have largely…
Social platforms like StockTwits.com are transforming the way investors, traders, and financial advisors get their financial information. Ron DeLegge, Chief Portfolio Strategist @ ETFguide interviews…
Being a millennial means you’re young. And while it’s great to have youth, it’s vanity unless you put it to good use. It’s been said…
A skilled magician knows the art of distracting the audience is just as important as mastering the trick. And the magicians on Wall Street have…
John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group has a fervent following of diehards that accept everything he says –right or wrong – as gospel. In…
Even if you don’t sell your mutual funds in 2014, you could still be on the hook for a hefty tax bill. The good news…
One-trick investment portfolios are everywhere. Â Do you have one? What is a one-trick pony portfolio? It’s the kind of investment mix that is over-weighted or…
If you own the Pimco Total Return Fund (PTTRX) in a taxable investment account, you’ve already been crushed by a manager departure, high portfolio turnover,…
Assassinating financial fairytales is something I enjoy doing. And the precious metals (NYSEARCA:GLTR) market is jam-packed with fiction of all sizes, flavors, and colors. One…
Most of the almost $20 million in investment portfolios that I’ve analyzed and graded this year have been on individual accounts. But a few, like…