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January 11, 2011 |
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Also available at Merriman.com
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
With bond yields so low, is it a good idea to substitute dividend-paying
stocks for bonds? Some would say yes, since dividend-paying stocks
yield more than some bonds, and have more upside potential.
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December 22, 2010 |
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Commodity prices are rising again, led by sugar, copper, corn, wheat,
and silver. Demand from emerging countries is the typically-stated
reason, with an assist given to the Federal Reserve recently announcing a
second round of quantitative easing (a euphemism for printing money).
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June 16, 2010 |
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Here’s an article we recently mailed to our Merriman clients, addressing some inflation questions that we felt our FundAdvice readers may also be interested in:
Some investors are concerned about the prospect of future inflation, based on fiscal and monetary measures the U.S. government has taken to respond to the recent market crisis. However, other metrics suggest that moderate inflation will continue. These include current inflation, bond market indicators and worldwide excess capacity.
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May 12, 2010 |
You have probably heard the past 10 calendar years described as a “lost decade” in which investors essentially got nowhere. But even though this period didn’t exactly usher in a bountiful new era for investors, I think “lost decade” is a misleading characterization, because many investors did reasonably well.
In this article I want to look back over the past 10 years through the 20/20 prism of hindsight and see what we expected and what we learned.
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October 20, 2009 |
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Over the last several months, the U.S. dollar has generally declined in
value against other currencies, raising concerns that the dollar may
depreciate further. (A discussion of factors impacting exchange rates
can be found here). There is also the threat of future inflation. Both
of these can impact investment portfolios. How can investors protect
themselves?
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August 25, 2009 |
I want to tell you a story about how a woman’s simple negligence cost her kids nearly $500,000. After 30 years of marriage, a woman I will call Mary Smith found herself in a failing marriage that was heading for divorce court.
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July 21, 2009 |
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Usually once or twice a year I get the urge to organize my filing cabinet, particularly to clean out the piles of paper that seem to accumulate in folders with labels like “pay stubs,” “insurance” and “retirement.”
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May 12, 2009 |
For years we have been describing Dimensional Fund Advisors as the best mutual fund company for long-term investors, for many reasons. DFA’s web site has a frequently asked questions page that describes some of the basic principles behind its style of index investing.
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April 06, 2009 |
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First thing on a Monday morning, the financial advisor picked up the phone and heard a client ask a simple question: “Can you help me? I need to decide which loan I should sign.” When he asked the client, who was worth several million dollars, what it was all about, the advisor was stunned to hear: “I just can’t make ends meet.” The two scheduled an appointment for the following Thursday at the client’s home.
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March 23, 2009 |
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Much of the financial industry is hurting these days, and you can bet that Wall Street is working overtime to hook investors in one way or another. Insurance companies are promoting a product that looks (at least to them) like a winner, especially during tough times.
Click here to read the article at Merriman.com
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