A Brand-New Me-Too Strategy
There’s a new strategy with a new index coming along, called iBillionaire. It’s based on a new index that tracks the NYSE stock holdings of 10 billionaires.
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My Favorite Investment Today
As Cabot’s ETF analyst, I was happy to describe an unusual ETF that has a potent logic and a strong performance.
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Cree: Winning (and Losing) in Growth Stocks
I don’t know about the future of CREE. I just know that a stock that I owned had a bad day and I sold it.
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Delayed Gratification and Investing
Delayed gratification is the very essence of investing. We refrain from spending $1,000 today to have many thousands later.
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Evaluating Investment Performance
One of the most accepted themes in performance measurement is the belief that a long history is better than a short history.
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Retirement Savings for Late Starters
You can do well enough to take control of your retirement, rather than just drifting toward it like a canoe heading for the waterfall.
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How Algorithmic Trading Affects You
Hardly a week goes by without a story or two about the growth of algorithmic strategies or other purportedly nefarious market schemes.
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ETF Investing Strategy
We all know the importance of discipline. Investing discipline means adherence to a plan.
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How to Start a New Investment Strategy
New subscribers often ask me whether they should ease into a new investment strategy gradually, or jump in with both feet.
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Time, Money and Growth Investing
Every human being, no matter how rich or poor, how tightly scheduled or time-squandering, gets just 24 hours of it per day.
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Effective ETF Investing Strategies
Cabot ETF Investing System uses market timing indicators to minimize losses in bear markets and maximize gains in bull markets.
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Forecasting the Future of the Stock Market
The markets are in an uptrend right now--the major indexes are all above their trailing 25- and 50-day moving averages.
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Portfolio Optimization
Higher returns are good, but higher risk is bad. There are ways to find the optimized combination.
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Winding Up and Winding Down
I have a feeling that 2013 is going to present us with plenty of opportunities. And facing it with fresh batteries can only help.
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Portfolio Volatility Analysis
My advice is to take account of the volatility differences to tilt a little toward a risk level you’re comfortable with.
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Volatility and the Stock Market
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is based on S&P options, where option pricing reflects traders’ volatility expectations.
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Playing Hunches
While hunches can lead to interesting and useful carving projects, they don’t really have a place in stock investing.
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In Investing, It’s the Recipe That Counts
Cabot ETF Investing System follows a well-researched strategy that’s been successfully tested for over a decade.
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Moderation In Growth Investing
By its very nature, growth investing requires a higher amount of risk tolerance and at least a pinch of optimism.
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The Market is a Casino
When someone calls the market a “casino,” they usually mean it’s a disreputable institution that needs more regulation.
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