Does Long-Term Investing Guarantee Success?
The financial services industry preaches long-term investing as the panacea to people’s investment problems. Is it true? Ron DeLegge, Chief Portfolio Strategist @ ETFguide analyzes…
The financial services industry preaches long-term investing as the panacea to people’s investment problems. Is it true? Ron DeLegge, Chief Portfolio Strategist @ ETFguide analyzes…
Stock market volatility is frequently portrayed as an evil force that all investors should strive to avoid. However, embracing volatility (ChicagoOptions:^VIX) rather than avoiding it can…
Your investment portfolio is nothing more than a reflection of you. Put another way, it’s a personal statement about how you view risk, taxes, diversification,…
After gaining five consecutive years and gaining nine out the past 10 years, the U.S. stock market is on a roll. And while it’s easy…
Is consumer credit quality deteriorating? TransUnion reports: “While delinquency levels for subprime borrowers have grown from 4.2% in Q3 2012 to 4.5% in Q3 2013…
Is there such thing as “smart” beta? Not according to Ron DeLegge, Chief Portfolio Strategist @ ETFguide. Ron examines the historical performance of three so-called…
Energy stocks slid 8.7% last year and was the only S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:VOO) industry sector to lose value in 2014. Have energy stocks (NYSEARCA:XLE) really bottomed? FactSet reports:…
All investment portfolios are comparable to a novel, where each individual chooses their own personal genre and classification. If your investment portfolio was a novel,…
When stocks go up volatility goes down and vice versa. While this historically inverse relationship plays out most of the time, there’s been a significant disconnect…
The U.S. stock market has gained five consecutive years and 9 out of the past 10 years. Put another way, an offensive oriented aggressive approach toward…
The U.S. stock market has gained 9 out of the past 10 years and it’s been an impressive run. Is it time for investors to…
Never mind what the cute marketing brochures or what nouveau indexers say. The trumped-up allegations that beta is somehow “smart” or “better” is a grand…
“If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring,” observed George Soros. Which sector of the…
Dear ETFguide, You and just about all the other ETF specialists are very adamant about using leveraged ETFs as short-term trades only. Please comment about…
In this episode, Ron DeLegge, Chief Portfolio Strategist @ ETFguide analyzes and grades a $569,742 retirement plan for MT in Cave Creek, AZ. Ron shares…
The age of not having a believable investment plan is over. But that still hasn’t solved the problem of having too many investment choices. That…
Rising stock market volatility on the heels of rising stock prices is among the most intriguing market developments over the past few months. And it’s…
Oil prices are down more than 40% over the past year. Which stock market sectors are benefiting? Ron DeLegge @ ETFguide analyzes one particular industry…
We can officially count 2014 as another bad year for Wall Street’s investment strategists. Not only were they dead wrong about their prediction that interest rates…
When measuring the investment performance of a portfolio, the biggest mistakes people make are 1) not tracking performance at all, or 2) comparing a portfolio’s…