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Even Harvard Made This Mistake
The Boston Globe (with a hat tip to Barry Ritholtz) ran an article looking at how Harvard managed it cash over the course of the last couple of decades. This cash... Read »
The Doom Parade
Doom and fear seem to be making the rounds this week as they are always compelling and there are reasons to be concerned. One thing that you have probably read a... Read »
Trying to Hold the Top Spot
The US equity market sold off quickly toward the end of the day on Wednesday. The turnaround seemed to be attributed to negative comments from Richard Bove about... Read »
Is the Fed Promoting Risk?
Over the weekend the Barron’s cover story looked at the current state of the Fed monetary policy in an article titled C’mon Ben! I don’t think... Read »
Another Drawback of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Despite the title of this post I’m sure that most people that have read my stuff know that I am a huge fan of ETFs. They allow people willing to spend the... Read »
The Next Big Thing for ETF Industry
Well, what I think should be the next biggest thing for the ETF industry anyway… On Squawk Australia on Tuesday morning (Australia time) a company called Fortescue... Read »
Q2 2009 Ends with the Biggest Percentage Gains in Over 5 Years
As a philosophical matter I think highly of the concept of living in the moment or focusing on the journey as opposed to the destination. Anyone believing in this... Read »
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF): Who Is Looking Out For You?
An interesting couple of comments popped up on a post at Seeking Alpha by Felix Salmon about recent comments from Jack Bogle about ETFs. One reader said about actively... Read »
Ferguson-Krugman Exchange, Who Is Right?
You may be aware of a disagreement between Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson (not to be confused with Turd Ferguson) about what the rise in treasury yields actually... Read »
Swensen’s Criticism of Stock-Heavy Portfolios
David Swensen was the only guest on the Connie Mack show this week and had some interesting things to say. He said that when he first got to Yale the typical endowment... Read »







