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  • Bond & Stock Price Returns vs Total Returns by Richard Shaw
    Price return is one thing, and total return is another.  Most securities charts show price performance. Total return for yielding securities is greater than price return, because it considers both price changes and investment income.  Because some securities are yielding and some are... More »
    November 25, 2009 • LQD, DVY, SPY
  • Hold Reserves, Loan Money or Own Something by Richard Shaw
    Cash, bonds and stocks are the three primary asset classes for securities investors.  They point to the three basic things you can do with your money other than spend it or donate it .  You can hold it in reserve (cash). You can loan it (basically bonds).  Or, you can own... More »
    November 23, 2009 • SHV, BND, AGG
  • ETFs for Bear Markets by Bruce Vanderveen
    The dollar keeps falling while "real" assets such as gold, oil, and equities continue to march ever upward.  Its great to go along for the ride but keep in mind that "all good things must come to an end someday".  Sometimes a violent end! When the tide turns ... and... More »
    November 10, 2009 • UUP, CYB, TIP
  • Very Long-Term Asset Allocation Results by Richard Shaw
    Nobody has the time or patience to wait 82 years to experience the long-term, but if they did (or if they wanted to bet on the future based on the long-term past), here is how a simple allocation between the S&P 500 index and the U.S. Aggregate Bond index worked out from 1926 through 2008.... More »
    November 8, 2009 • SPY, IVV, BND
  • October ETF Scorecard by Don Dion
    ETF investors flocked to emerging market funds in October.While the purchase of funds like Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets (VWO) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) was by far the most dominant trend based on…READ MORE To access my special Market Outlook for 2010 report, click here Try... More »
    November 5, 2009 • VWO, EEM, RSX
  • Diversification by Ted Stamas
    In the twenty years I have been investing, I'm currently the most diversified as I've ever been in any of my portfolios. I only own two ETFs, but these two Exchange Traded Funds mirror the performance of major domestic indexes and both are to the short side. The ProShares Ultra Short S&P 500... More »
    November 4, 2009 • SDS, TZA, VT
  • Copenhagen 2009 and Equity Markets by Richard Shaw
    We don't know if the furor over climate, economic and sovereignty issues coming to a head over the impending December Copenhagen climate treaty is correct, incorrect, exaggerated or spot-on. Obama on Cost Impact of Climate Policies (March 18, 2009): [YouTube Video embedded at QVM site] Warren... More »
    October 20, 2009 • VTI, VEA, VWO
  • Don't be Pigheaded by Mike Kane
    I get questions sometimes from people who ask me, “Mike, every time I read any of your writings or commentary, you are always so bearish on U.S. stocks, yet your service will recommend that clients invest in equities.” Yes, this is sometimes true. My retort often goes something like... More »
    October 20, 2009 • BWX, BND, TIP
  • S&P 500 geodesic model update - Oct 16, 2009 by squark62
    Current S&P 500 model indication: overbought - (since 2009-09-09) cautiously bullish - (since 2009-10-09)notes - watching for a possible 5% or so decline to materialize in the index over 10 trading days out from october 16.(see my basic geodesic concepts post for a general model... More »
    October 18, 2009 • SH, SDS, SSO
  • Price Probability Ranges for Key Asset Categories by Richard Shaw
    Last week we published a visual view of price range probability cones for several securities (SPY, FXI, TLT and UUP).  This article builds on the concepts in that article and provides a tabular view of the same kind of data for twenty-seven asset categories. The two tables below show the... More »
    October 13, 2009 • BND, MUB, IRF

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