Larry E. Swedroe's Blog, page 1314

How our national debt hurts our economy

A recent study shows that our current levels of government debt could have a negative impact for the next quarter century

How your political views can affect your portfolio

Your political leanings can cause you to make poor investment decisions simply because of who's in charge

Surprise! 6 ways the economy looks stronger

The presidential campaign focused on the negative, but in fact there's a lot good news: Here are 6 reasons to be optimistic

How the "sell in May" strategy fared in 2012

Stock results this year prove yet again that this persistent, but dubious, investment strategy doesn't work

For investors, "buy local" isn't a good strategy

Fund managers are supposed to avoid the mistakes of retail investors, but a new study shows they too make this common error

A new way to be a value investor?

Recent research could shake up the way value investors construct portfolios

How will stocks react to Hurricane Sandy?

Even Jim Cramer had a warning for investors aiming to profit off the "Frankenstorm"

How inflation affects the stock market

If you're worried about the effects of runaway inflation, a recent study shows what you can expect

Here's the good news about the U.S. economy

With bad news getting blamed for the recent market drop, you should remember that there's also good news about the economy

Avoid the black hole of investing

Something to remember when building your portfolio -- there's one asset class with much lower returns than expected