Wall Street Profiles: Bill Miller, Legg Mason Value Trust
In this second installment of my recurring series on famous Wall Street investors, I profile Bill Miller, the former manager of the Legg Mason...
Paying Down Student Loans Versus Investing
There are a lot of competing goals when you first get out of residency.
You have hundreds of thousands of student loans to pay off.
You...
Should You Hedge Your Portfolio Against A Bear Market With Stock Options?
The bull market has been going strong since March 2009, defying analysts' frequent predictions of its demise. Nevertheless, a lot of investors continue to...
Here’s One Underappreciated Reason Why Index Funds Have Been So Popular
Investing in index funds have become incredibly popular. While investing used to be all about picking the hot stock or finding the next star...
How To Get Out Of A High Expense Ratio Portfolio
A common question from readers is what to do about an account that contains a bunch of high expense ratio mutual funds or individual...
Which Fidelity International Index Fund Should You Buy?
The backbone of a three-fund portfolio consists of a domestic stock fund (usually the S&P 500 or a total stock market index fund), an...
Dogs Of The Dow Review: Is It A Winning Strategy?
I've heard of the Dogs of the Dow strategy for as long as I've been interested with investing.
The Dogs of the Dow strategy was...
How To Get To Your Retirement Number Faster
I was driving up to Northern MI recently for a nice vacation with family, and like any long road trip, before I left, I...
The Investing Game Is Won By Not Losing
When I became interested in the financial markets many years ago, I spent many hours and days trying to devise ways to make money...
Harry Browne and the “Permanent Portfolio”
There are many ways to construct an investment portfolio. My preference is to have your core asset classes be U.S. stocks, international stocks, and...