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Fear and your Financial Future
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Written by Paul Merriman   
March 10, 2009

Should I move all my money to gold? Is the government leading us into another depression? Should I ditch buy-and-hold and become a market timer? What will be the effect of the stimulus plan? When will things turn around?

What would the masters say?
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Written by Paul Merriman   
March 02, 2009

When all you have is questions, sometimes you want to turn to the experts. When the experts don’t know, or when they give conflicting answers, you want to turn to the Masters.

Burying your head in the sand: Feels good now, hurts like hell later
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Written by Tom Cock Jr.   
February 12, 2009

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear somebody say: “I don’t really know what I’m worth. I have stopped looking at my statements.” I totally understand the urge to avoid unwelcome news. It’s part of being human.

Ten years of superior performance was no accident
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Written by Paul Merriman   
February 02, 2009

Many investors seem to think the past 10 years were a waste. Early in 2008 the Wall Street Journal declared the years since 2000 “the lost decade.” That, of course, is one possible interpretation of the market’s behavior since it peaked in 2000, stumbled through a severe bear market for about three years, roared back to recovery and then fell into its current slump late in 2007.

 

Bootstrapping: Another way to assess potential investment outcomes
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Written by Larry Katz, CFA, Director of Research   
January 30, 2009
Bootstrapping is a robust method to quickly incorporate multiple hypothetical portfolio return scenarios to help evaluate the potential success of the accumulation and distribution phases of investing.
Your investments: Who's in control?
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Written by Jeff Merriman-Cohen   
January 09, 2009
It’s no secret that the year just ended was the worst in memory for most investors. If something could go wrong, it probably did. In the big picture of Wall Street’s investment banks and other financial institutions, it’s easy to place lots of blame. Sound, affordable measures to prevent more of the same are harder to come by. But at least lots of public officials are on the case.
An unpleasant year bites the dust
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Written by Larry Katz, CFA, Director of Research   
December 30, 2008

Almost all investors will be glad that 2008 is coming to a close.

The bad news is well known.

•    The combination of too much leverage and excessive speculation in the financial and housing sectors has depressed global asset prices more than any time since the Great Depression.
•    Several major financial institutions couldn’t survive; for others, including the Big Three U.S. automobile manufacturers, the future is uncertain.
•    The country is in the midst of tough recession which began in December 2007.
•    Worries are widespread concerning retirement, jobs, housing and the long-term economic health of the nation.

And yet, even in these hard times, there are good reasons to be hopeful.

What investors should do now
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Written by Paul Merriman   
December 23, 2008
I’m writing this piece just before Christmas 2008, toward the end of a year that most investors wish had never happened. And while this topic is timely, I believe my points will be just as valid in the future as they are now.

Think you can play the market? Want to bet on it?
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Written by Tom Cock   
December 16, 2008

As winter and a new calendar year arrive, investors are struggling tomake sense of the market and what to do. Many investors are content, ifonly barely, to stick with tried-and-true wisdom and long-termstrategies. But other investors think (or hope) that they can figureout what the market will do and how to take advantage of it.

A ticking time bomb: Owning company stock
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Written by Tom Cock   
October 30, 2008

A crisis that started in Seattle is likely to spread across the country in the coming months as thousands of Washington Mutual employees come to grips with the money they lost because they held the bank’s stock in their 401(k) accounts. That stock became worthless when the bank failed late in September.

 

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