Roger Nusbaum
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All ETF Portfolio?
The other day I had some fun poking at the ETF portfolios put forth in Barron’s by the experts. I thought it might be useful to go over what I would suggest... Read »
Not Much in the Way of Innovative Thinking
One of the features in this week’s Barron’s included an interview with three investment advisors who were billed as ETF experts using all-ETF portfolios... Read »
Blow Up Revelations
One secondary theme in the last couple of weeks has been the extent to which certain well regarded hedge fund managers have had very poor returns, surprisingly poor.... Read »
The Game is Rigged?
One byproduct of conversations like the one yesterday about the Occupy Wall Street protests is the sentiment that the stock market is rigged, that the little guy... Read »
What to Make of Occupy Wall Street
I am trying to wrap my head around the Occupy Wall Street protests that have been going on lately and popping up in several other cities. The people I follow on... Read »
Wall Street Took It On The Chin, Monday
“Wall Street took it on the chin, Monday.” Any Simpsons aficionados know whether Kent Brockman ever said that on an episode? It seems like something... Read »
The Uselessness Of SPX Price Targets
The WSJ had an article about SPX price targets from brokerage firm strategists coming under scrutiny, or maybe fire is a better word. You probably heard that BofA... Read »
Another Reason to Avoid Financials – BAC, BCH, CIB
Nassim Taleb and Mark Spitznagel had an article up at CNN offering a different perspective on avoiding bank stocks. The starting point was the reasonably familiar... Read »
A Simple Reality
Governments and central banks in many countries have undertaken all sorts of policies and programs in an effort to stimulate both narrow and broad slices of the... Read »
Does the U.S. Need More QE?
This is a complicated question. There is a paradox of what should have been done before versus where the world is now. The first part of the equation is the extent... Read »







