The Asset Allocator: Google Collapse?
Daniel Colin James, a futurist and editor-in-chief of ForwardTick.com, wrote a fascinating article brazenly titled "This is How Google Will...
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Retirement Advisor: Still Working After All These Years
Two new retirement surveys seem to be speaking to each other. One comes from Provision Living, and seeks to find out why senior citizens rem...
The Asset Allocator: Conflicting Advice
One of the most confounding investor experiences occurs when one hears conflicting advice from really sharp analysts of the bullish and bear...
Retirement Advisor: The 'Right' To Social Security
Financial advisor Devin Carroll, in an article on MarketWatch, put together a list of seven Social Security myths, one of which concerns the...
The Asset Allocator: The Yale Endowment's Excellent Performance
The media has been reporting that the Yale Endowment has been bested by its peers in the past year, but such a horserace approach completely...
Retirement Advisor: Gen Xers Falling Behind
A Schwab survey of its own plan participants reveals that Gen Xers, aged 39 to 54, are stretched thin, saving little but expect to require l...
The Asset Allocator: Taking Stock
Looking at a benchmark like the S&P 500 can lead to numerous unhappy misinterpretations, including apple to orange comparisons; distraction...
The Asset Allocator: Learn To Love A Low Yield
Bond yields are low across the board, and this unappetizing menu comes at precisely the time that investors are eager to increase their allo...
Behind The Idea Reviews Joel Greenblatt's 'You Can Be A Stock Market Genius,' Part 4
Seeking Alpha's Mike Taylor and Daniel Shvartsman conclude their review of Joel Greenblatt's approach to value investing. In this final inst...
The Asset Allocator: Behind The Idea Reviews Joel Greenblatt's 'You Can Be A Stock Market Genius,' Part 3
My esteemed Seeking Alpha colleagues Mike Taylor and Daniel Shvartsman continue their review of Joel Greenblatt's approach to value investin...
Retirement Advisor: Help, I Need Somebody…Not Just Anybody
Advisors and brokerage firms are selling all sorts of things in the name of retirement security, and some of it is concerning. In effect, th...
The Asset Allocator: Your True Preferences
A ThinkAdvisor interview with Professor Shachar Kariv brings some much needed clarity to determining client desires regarding risk vs. retur...
Retirement Advisor: Count What Others Are Discounting
Investors have lost their fear of inflation, a natural consequence of a decade of disinflation. But, this podcast (18:03) argues that adviso...
The Asset Allocator: The Fed's Next Move
The lack of clarity as to the Fed's next step leaves investors flummoxed as to whether they should seek out risk or take a more defensive ap...
Retirement Advisor: Don't Be A Statistic
Ronald Surz compares aggressive vs defensive approaches to target-date funds over the past 12 years. That period's historic bull market favo...
The Asset Allocator: Behind The Idea Reviews "You Can Be A Stock Market Genius," Part 2
I thought it would be an excellent occasion to introduce you to another Seeking Alpha podcast, called Behind the Idea. My esteemed colleague...
The Asset Allocator: Behind The Idea Reviews "You Can Be A Stock Market Genius," Part I
Today I introduce you to another Seeking Alpha podcast, called Behind the Idea. My esteemed colleagues Mike Taylor and Daniel Shvartsmann, b...
Retirement Advisor: Aggressive vs. Conservative – A False Dichotomy
Citing statistics showing the top 5% of Japanese savers do only slightly better than the bottom 5% of U.S. investors, AllianceBernstein sugg...
The Asset Allocator: Some Cash For Potash, And Other Boring Products
My search for investments that could stand up to a bear market continues, and has led me to Israel Chemicals (ICL), a boring but cheap congl...
Retirement Advisor: Sometimes You Insure
The University of Illinois astutely took out an insurance policy against a declining population of Chinese students before the U.S.-China tr...