Signs of Leadership Change: Growth vs. Value Stocks
This is an excerpt from Growth vs. Value Stocks: Signs of Leadership Change on ETFguide TV with Lance McGray at Advisors Asset Management. This episode…
Category: Investor Behavior & Psychology
Beefing up Your Investment Portfolio’s Tactical Side in the Coronavirus Era
The Coronavirus outbreak has turned out to be more than just a Black Swan – it’s a totally random Black Piano from the sky that…
How to Protect Your Capital in a Dangerous Climate
“For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity,” said investing great Sir John Templeton. Are you ready or…
Stocks: What’s the Most Profitable Trading Strategy during the U.S. Presidential Election Cycle?
Which years within the U.S Presidential election year cycle are best for equity investors? This is an excerpt from ETFguide TV How Stocks Behave during…
Retirement Pro: Think Cash Flow, Not Rate of Return
This is an excerpt from the video titled Think Cash Flow, NOT Rate of Return with Lynn Dolan at ETFguide and Mark Mappa, CFP and…
3 ETFs in Your Portfolio: Is it Enough?
This is an excerpt from the video titled Is a 3 ETF Portfolio Enough? with Ron DeLegge at ETFguide and Andrew Kadjeski at the Vanguard…
Investing great John Bogle: “Here’s how to use ETFs!”
Note: This 2013 interview between Ron DeLegge at ETFguide and John Bogle from the Vanguard Group is from ETFguide’s archives of investing greats. Bogle passed…
Is Your Retirement Cushion Adequate?
As we get closer to retirement, we need to have an adequate cushion, or would I like to call, a margin of safety? Why? Well,…
Fortune without the Fame
So you want fame and fortune, right? What about fortune without the fame? Would that satisfy your insatiable lust? Rather than obsessing over what you…
How to Minimize Taxes on Your Investments
Taxes are tangled web. So tangled, Will Rogers once quipped, “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time…
Elon Musk Thinks Index Funds And Short Sellers Are Colluding
If you thought Elon Musk (or as we like to call him in these quarters “Elon da Vinci”) was a dead man walking, you were…
4 Rules for Financial Speculators
Speculation in financial markets carries a hugely negative connotation. For the broader economy, speculation, especially by Wall Street’s heavy hitters that control trillions of dollars…
Is it Time to Sell?
With 2018 already half over, the U.S. stock market (NYSEARCA:SCHB) is outperforming its global peers, plus it still trades near all-time highs. Is it time…
3 Strategies for Managing Higher Volatility
“Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach,” once observed legendary fund manager Peter Lynch. His point was…
Don’t Let Home-Bias Investing Trip You Up
The total U.S. stock market has gained over 20% during the past year and is doing great. But for U.S. investors that are under-weighted to…
Why Contrarian Investing Still Works
Being a contrarian investor is a lot harder than it sounds. It means doing the opposite of the crowd. It means having the stomach and…
What Behavioral Biases are Messing You Up?
News flash: Your worst enemy isn’t inflation, deflation, a market crash, or whatever other scary financial scenarios you can think of. Rather, we ourselves, in…
3 Diversification Errors
Portfolio diversification is an investment strategy designed to limit risk by spreading money across multiple asset classes and securities. Most financial literature along with your…
Is Sector Performance Following History?
It’s been said the more things change, the more they stay the same. And right now, the performance of stock market industry sectors is behaving…
Is Style Drift Increasing Your Financial Risk?
Do you own mutual funds? If you do, there’s a hidden trap called “style drift” that could be increasing the risk of your investment portfolio. How…