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July 20, 2012

Dollar's performance represents teachable moment

The recent performance of the greenback shows us how experience can help us make wiser investments
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Published on July 20, 2012 04:00

July 19, 2012

Is gold a good investment?

Is gold a good investment? Perhaps, but not for the reason many investors think it is
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Published on July 19, 2012 06:52

July 18, 2012

What Warren Buffett knows that you don't

Even though stock valuations aren't high, many investors have fled for the safety of bonds
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Published on July 18, 2012 04:00

July 17, 2012

Can investors forecast the equity risk premium?

Two recent papers take a step toward identifying indicators of the equity risk premium
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Published on July 17, 2012 04:00

July 16, 2012

How bond and stock returns correlate

A new study shows that bonds may be more correlated with certain types of stocks than others
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Published on July 16, 2012 04:03

July 13, 2012

Why junk bonds aren't a good portfolio fit

Swedroe: The news that Vanguard is closing its high-yield bond fund to new investors led me to examine the asset class a little deeper
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Published on July 13, 2012 04:02

July 12, 2012

Why absolute return funds are absolute money losers

Despite the suggestive name, absolute return funds as a whole don't deliver positive results
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Published on July 12, 2012 04:00

July 11, 2012

Swedroe: Hedge funds keep lagging

In our mid-year look at hedge funds, we see that the returns of the asset class haven't been worth the often expensive fees
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Published on July 11, 2012 04:05

July 10, 2012

Mid-year check of the experts' financial forecasts

It's time to see how well this year's financial predictions are holding up
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Published on July 10, 2012 04:00

July 9, 2012

How have foreign stocks historically fared?

The findings of a massive study on overseas financial markets raise some red flags for investors
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Published on July 09, 2012 06:08

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