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ETF Industry Data Summary: 1H'08 [view article]
I think it is great that more investors are investing in ETFs. I just shows that the market players are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of ETFs over Mutual Funds and individual stocks. I hope to see the numbers grow over the next few years. ReplyETF Industry Data Summary: 1H'08 [view article]
quick onceover suggests investors are getting more savvyin both diversification, including leveraged funds, bonds, etc
and intolerance to excessive costs (vanguard flies vs bgi, ssga, holdrs; or at fund level: e.g. vwo vs eem)
p.s. freudian slip?
"total ETF asses"?
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Utility Stocks, Treasuries and Mining Stocks Sell Off On Inflation Report [view article]
I hate grammar police type people that talk with a British accent. FCUK! ReplyUtility Stocks, Treasuries and Mining Stocks Sell Off On Inflation Report [view article]
GLD etc expensive, junior gold miners, armed with NI 43-101, gold in the ground at minimum $70 an ounce are in general trading at 25% to their value. People do not do their homework! ReplyUtility Stocks, Treasuries and Mining Stocks Sell Off On Inflation Report [view article]
The author needs to learn to write--"have rosen" is a turn off, especially in the first paragraph. If the author cannot write then there is no reason to rely on the comments. ReplyUtility Stocks, Treasuries and Mining Stocks Sell Off On Inflation Report [view article]
Funny you post at Financial Sense since what you say is completely at odds with what Jim Puplava (whose site it is) says. He says that the gold stocks got hit at the end of the options quarter by those who didn't want to pay up, but wanted to buy back the stocks they shorted, make money, and then go long. Jim also believes strongly in the juniors. Replyng
And They All Fall Down: No Broad Stock Index Is Up [view article]
what you expected with Texas in charge! ReplyReplicate The Yale Endowment With These ETFs [view article]
Excellent--looking forward to following up... ReplySome Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
Tom,You may be right, but it is important to differentiate between holding forever, regardless of the facts, and holding steady during a storm with companies that continue to earn your confidence in general. That is perhaps the more important message. The fear reaction is so strong that investors tend to dump at the worst time and then fail to reopen positions they like until much of the loss they took has been recouped by the market, but not by the investor. Reply
Some Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
I agree with the first two posters. In my view, Buffett may have been more lucky than smart. I LIKE the idea of "buy and hold forever", but there are SO many former Wall Street darlings that have been unable to adapt to the 21st Century and are slowly going the way of the Dodo bird: Dell, Microsoft, GM, Sony, Ford, Verizon, Motorola. Maybe PFE-- I hope not; I hold some. In this century, nimble is the by-word. Serve no wine past its time; hold no stock past its prime. ReplySome Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
Thank you Mike. Very nice of you to say that.Your request is a pretty tall order. I use so many sources that I actually have to keep a spreadsheet list of them so I don't forget them. I'd suggest you do the same, because it is sometimes difficult to find some sources a second time weeks, months or a year later when you need them.
Some in the international category you mentioned that are most frequently useful are:
MSCI BARRA,
S&P CITIGROUP GLOBAL INDICES
UNITED NATION,
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,)
CIA FACTBOOK.
There are others, but these are good "work horses".
As for the three magazines you mentioned, I personally find Barron's and the Economist more interesting than the WSJ, but all three are important to read regularly -- put Bloomberg and the Financial Times (London) in that list too.
I personally feel it is important to read the business news in other countries, such as the Kahleej Times (U.A.E.), Hindustan Times (India), China Daily (China), Nikkei Net (Japan).
A good multi-country new service (but for a subscription of $40/mo) is EINnews
Then when you find an article that intrigues you, Google the names of the people or the names of the institutions, companies or ideas and follow the trail around the web to fill out the news which comes from unpredictable places.
This is not a comprehensive answer, but it should give you a good start on your information quest.
All the best to you.
Richard
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Some Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
Wanted to let you know how much I have appreciated your articles, particularly on foreign investment (break down of free float) and the article on emerging markets (stream into the pond). I also appreciate your eclecticism - an ancient chinese curse to open an article on Buffet (timely for me, since I think I've made some good bets, but they certainly aren't playing out right now). Anyway I wondered if you would share some of your sources for information, especially foreign economics and indices performance. So many of the EFTs are two recent to provide any long term performance, so I would love to find a place where I could map/compare the indices out about five or ten years. And if so inclined, any recommendations on the trade journals (WSJ, Barrons, Economist)thanks again
Mike Reply
Some Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
whenmusictps and cheesecakewhat is the relevance of your comments to the dialog? perhaps some expansion of your thoughts would help Reply
Some Advice from Warren Buffet for Difficult Times [view article]
i've lost faith in capitalism, i want a socialist government now. ReplyWorld Market Weighting Your Equity Allocation [view article]
wow, now you can buy just one: VT!On Jun 23 12:48 PM ej76az wrote:
> just use VEU instead of EFA, EWC, and VWO Reply