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Poor Timing Can Cut Your Returns In Half: Dalbar

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by  Erik Conley

  Every year the research firm Dalbar publishes a study that compares investor returns to stock market returns. Almost every year the study shows that investors do worse than the market. The reason ...

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Invest Like Fox Mulder – Trust No One

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by  Erik Conley

Investment gurus on TV and the financial press often traffic in dis-information.  Some are trying to manipulate their own stock portfolios.  Others are trying to promote their latest book, or drive traffic to ...

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Have We Seen The Lows For This Year?

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by  Erik Conley

With the stock market looking stronger in recent days, it’s a good time to ask the question that’s on every investors mind:  Have we seen the lows for this year?  Last Friday’s decent ...

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Are You Optimistic or Pessimistic About The Future?

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Here are the key points of disagreement in the never-ending debate between optimists and pessimists, bulls and bears. Based on these observations, and on our evaluation of the leading economic indicators, we believe ...

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