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 Credit Cards, ETFs, Index Funds         5 comments

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Charles Schwab wants to get into the index fund and ETF business. Badly!
In doing so, Schwab has created a series of funds to undercut the industry leader — Vanguard — by offering the lowest expense ratio ETFs and index funds on the market. With an expense ratio as low as …

 ETFs, Index Funds, Investing 101, Risk Management         12 comments

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Earlier this week, everyone’s favorite emerging market — Brazil — gave a classic example of why it can be dangerous to invest in emerging markets. Out of the blue, the Brazilian government implemented a 2% tax on any incoming foreign investment to reduce the possibility of a speculative stock …

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In last decade, specialty ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) are probably the hottest thing to hit Wall Street since the rise of the discount brokers in the mid 1990s.
Initially, ETFs were not very popular because they only tracked the performance of a few stock market indices.
However, in today’s investing world, ETFs …

 Dividend Investing, ETFs, Index Funds, Investing 101         1 comment

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Have you noticed that everyone seems more interested in the esoteric, out of the ordinary types of investments these days?
I have.
Some people might want to buy gold because they’re caught up in the fear trade, or others might want to buy raw commodities like oil or natural gas because they’re …

 ETFs, Index Funds, Investing 101, Mutual Funds, Retirement         39 comments

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The entire personal finance blogosphere is in love with index funds, and I’m here to tell you why they’re bad for your investment portfolio.
This should go over well.  Black sheep anyone?
I realize this thesis will not be a popular one, but from my perspective as an active investor and stock …