Man vs. Machine: The Great Stock Showdown

By MARK HULBERT It has always been difficult for investors to consistently beat index funds. It has been nearly impossible […]

Share Repurchases Keep Outperforming Dividends

from 247WallSt site, When it comes to returning capital to shareholders, companies generally choose to pay dividends or to start share […]

Lack of Chinese REITs Means Mainland Investors are Missing Out

One of the unintended results of changes in China’s real estate policies in the last few years, is that it […]

Recent Asset Class Performance

Below is a look at the recent performance of key ETFs across all asset classes.  As you can see, the […]

Vanguard sets record with customer inflows of $130 billion

By Aaron Pressman (Reuters) – Vanguard Group said customers had invested $130.4 billion in its mutual and exchange-traded funds during […]

For Long Term Investors: The Cheapest ETF for Every Commodity

After gathering more than $1 trillion in total assets under management, ETFs have cemented their place in the financial world. Among […]

Pairs Trading With ETFs

The unpredictable nature of the stock market makes it difficult to decide whether to invest long or sell short. Traders […]

Thankfully, Software Is Eating The Personal Investing World

By Nick Shalek, From Tech Crunch, Liquidity fever is in the air in Silicon Valley. I felt this viscerally last […]

ETFs Provide Exposure to Emerging-Markets Growth and Risk

By Maureen Nevin Duffy Van Eck’s latest emerging-markets exchange-traded fund is strategically timed but not without risk, analysts say. Based […]

Charles Ellis and Peter Bernstein: On Risk and Winning the Loser’s Game

by Consuelo Mack, WealthTrack,  advisoranalyst.com/glablog/2012/03/29/charles-ellis-and-peter-bernstein-on-risk-and-winning-the-losers-game/#ixzz1qqKfEDJr CONSUELO MACK: This week on Wealth­Track– how you can win in what one of our […]