The capital markets have rewarded long-term investors.
Read MoreYou may have heard that the cost of college tuition is rising, but did you know that the cost of tuition at a 4-year public-university could be as much as $225,000 for a child born today, under moderate assumptions?
Read MoreHistory shows that the stock market has rewarded investors, more frequently than not, who can bear the risk of stocks and stay committed through various periods of performance.
Read MoreHow do we measure the world? Thinking only in terms of landmass can distort investment decisions.
Read MoreAs broad market indices such as the S&P 500 have set new record highs in recent weeks, many investors have become apprehensive.
Read MoreA recent press article said that with major risk assets looking "fully valued," it was time to seek out alternative investments such as hedge funds. But those thinking of making that shift might want to look before they leap.
Read MoreInvestors are often led to believe that experts must have some reliable ways to predict what investments will perform better than the rest in any given year. The secret no one wants you to know, is that experts have great difficulty making such predictions.
Read MoreThere's a school of thought that says the best way to manage a fixed income portfolio is to base your investment decisions on where you think interest rates are headed. But what if expectations are changing all the time?
Read MoreFirst quarter 2014 global index returns
Read MoreThe big story of 2013, as told in the news, was the performance of the S&P500 (up about 32% for the year). But the real success story of 2013 is the performance of small company stocks or what are called micro-cap stocks.
Read MoreFor some of us, it’s hard to give up on the idea that investing should be exciting.
Read MoreHome country bias is the tendency to overweight our investments to our home country, such as 60 percent to U.S. stock funds and 40 percent to international stock funds.
Read MoreInvestment return = what you gain/lost minus what you spent to get it.
Read MoreYou may have heard that the cost of college tuition is rising, but did you know that the cost of tuition at a 4-year public-university could be as much as $225,000 for a child born today, under moderate assumptions?
Read MoreAlbert Einstein and other mathematically minded folks know that the only thing that is certain is what has happened in the past.
Read MoreIf you have been following the financial press and have seen news of the recent fall in bond prices, I don't want you to worry. A decline in bond prices is part of the natural ebb and flow (like the ocean in the picture above) between the bonds and stock mutual funds in your portfolio.
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