Archive for May, 2011
Next Entries »A Look at Invesco’s Investor Survey: “Give It to Us in English”
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011Monday’s WSJ Journal Report on Mutual Funds contained a brief article by Brett Arrends reminding advisors to use plain English when talking to their clients. The article cites a survey of 800 investors conducted by Invesco. The purpose of the survey was find out which words and techniques work best and which do not when [...]
JLP’s Thought of the Day
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011I got our property tax appraisal today. Our property tax bill will go up $63 this year. Looking at the appraisal, I realized that you never really own your property. You merely rent it from the jurisdiction you live in. So much for property rights.
Keynes vs. Hayek
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Interesting… And here’s Round Two…
How to Play the Dollar’s Slide
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011This past weekend’s WSJ had an article outlining some things investors can do to protect themselves from a falling dollar. Here’s a quick summary of that article: • Stocks The classic stock play during periods of dollar weakness is large-cap companies that export heavily: Companies in the S&P 500 index derive nearly half of their [...]
S&P’s Sam Stovall Alternative to the “Sell in May and go Away” Theory
Monday, May 2nd, 2011Interesting article in this week’s Barron’s (Should You Sell in May and Go Away?) from Sam Stovall. The entire article can be summed up in this quote: Instead of selling in May, investors would have been better off embracing a semiannual rotation strategy. I found that from 1995-2011 (the period common to the S&P 500, [...]
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