Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Short-Term Thinking + MORE 3:50 am Nov 12th

Why Active Managers Lose

– crossingwallstreet.com

Interesting article at Bloomberg View. The authors address the puzzling reason why so many active managers lose to the indexes, even before fees.
The reason, they contend, is that stock returns very unevenly distributed. The big winners are really, really big. So big that they skew the whole sample…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Clips from Today’s Halftime Report

– thereformedbroker.com

Watch the video inside.

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) is by far the largest farm products corporation in the world.  The company currently has a market cap of over $24 billion – larger than the next 4 largest farm products companies combined. The Insider Monkey database of equity portfolios of around 730 of…

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Women Not Leaving the Nest in Record Numbers; Marriage and Kids, Who Can Afford Them?An interesting report by PEW shows Record Share of Young Women are Living with their Parents, Relatives. Back in 1940, 36.2% of young women lived with their parents or relatives. That number dropped over the next couple of decades as marriage rates increased and women began joining the workforce in larger numbers, becoming financially able to live on their own…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, In any examination of historical precedence, it is easy to see that the sheer number of collectivist and tyrannical systems have far outweighed any experiments in individual liberty. I have explored the reasons for this in numerous articles, including recent pieces such as “How To Stamp Out Cultural Marxism In A Single Generation” and “The Tools Collectivists Use To Gain Power…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Short-Term Thinking

– ritholtz.com

Short-Term ThinkingFrom Dealbook:
From Wall Street to Washington and in the towers of academia, people are buzzing about what some say is the pernicious focus in corporate America on short-term profits. To understand the debate, it helps to understand the various forces that contribute to the pressures on companies to focus on short-term financial results…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

One of the interesting things about podcasting is that there are a wide variety of forms. Some podcasts are short and of the moment. Some are simply two people talking about a topic. Others are highly produced and edited and seek to maximize the storytelling punch. Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

As you’ve probably guessed, I’ve amassed a ton of tips and tricks about money in my years as a financial planner. And I’m so excited to share a few of…

Continue Reading On financiallywisewomen.com »

U.S. Debt To Hit $20 Trillion, Poverty Remains RampantIN THIS ISSUE
1. October Unemployment Rate Plunges to 7-Year Low
2. $20 Trillion Man: Debt to Double Under President Obama
3. Debt Held by the Public vs. Intragovernmental Debt
4. Poverty in America Remains Near a Record High
5. Americans on Food Stamps Also Near Record High
6. Americans on Disability Insurance Near Record High
Overview
As long-time clients and readers are well aware, the explosion in our national debt has been one of my continuing themes over the last 30+ years, under both Republican and Democrat presidents…

Continue Reading On investorsinsight.com »

Why Retirement Is a Myth

– dailyworth.com

Why Retirement Is a MythIt’s easy to feel woefully inadequate when it comes to your retirement savings plan.

And you’re not alone: Fidelity Investments puts 55 percent of Americans in “danger of not fully covering even estimated essential expenses like housing, healthcare, food in retirement.” A Wells Fargo/Gallup survey found that 46 percent of their participants were either “very” or “somewhat” worried about outliving what they were capable of saving for retirement, with concerns about whether they could rely on Social Security checks alone…

Continue Reading On dailyworth.com »

If your portfolio can’t survive with 2 percent bond yields, you should switch to dividend-paying stocks.

Continue Reading On usnews.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/short-term-thinking-more-350-am-nov-12th/

Why Active Managers Lose

– crossingwallstreet.com

Interesting article at Bloomberg View. The authors address the puzzling reason why so many active managers lose to the indexes, even before fees.
The reason, they contend, is that stock returns very unevenly distributed. The big winners are really, really big. So big that they skew the whole sample…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Clips from Today’s Halftime Report

– thereformedbroker.com

Watch the video inside.

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) is by far the largest farm products corporation in the world.  The company currently has a market cap of over $24 billion – larger than the next 4 largest farm products companies combined. The Insider Monkey database of equity portfolios of around 730 of…

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Women Not Leaving the Nest in Record Numbers; Marriage and Kids, Who Can Afford Them?An interesting report by PEW shows Record Share of Young Women are Living with their Parents, Relatives. Back in 1940, 36.2% of young women lived with their parents or relatives. That number dropped over the next couple of decades as marriage rates increased and women began joining the workforce in larger numbers, becoming financially able to live on their own…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, In any examination of historical precedence, it is easy to see that the sheer number of collectivist and tyrannical systems have far outweighed any experiments in individual liberty. I have explored the reasons for this in numerous articles, including recent pieces such as “How To Stamp Out Cultural Marxism In A Single Generation” and “The Tools Collectivists Use To Gain Power…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Short-Term Thinking

– ritholtz.com

Short-Term ThinkingFrom Dealbook:
From Wall Street to Washington and in the towers of academia, people are buzzing about what some say is the pernicious focus in corporate America on short-term profits. To understand the debate, it helps to understand the various forces that contribute to the pressures on companies to focus on short-term financial results…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

One of the interesting things about podcasting is that there are a wide variety of forms. Some podcasts are short and of the moment. Some are simply two people talking about a topic. Others are highly produced and edited and seek to maximize the storytelling punch. Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

As you’ve probably guessed, I’ve amassed a ton of tips and tricks about money in my years as a financial planner. And I’m so excited to share a few of…

Continue Reading On financiallywisewomen.com »

U.S. Debt To Hit $20 Trillion, Poverty Remains RampantIN THIS ISSUE
1. October Unemployment Rate Plunges to 7-Year Low
2. $20 Trillion Man: Debt to Double Under President Obama
3. Debt Held by the Public vs. Intragovernmental Debt
4. Poverty in America Remains Near a Record High
5. Americans on Food Stamps Also Near Record High
6. Americans on Disability Insurance Near Record High
Overview
As long-time clients and readers are well aware, the explosion in our national debt has been one of my continuing themes over the last 30+ years, under both Republican and Democrat presidents…

Continue Reading On investorsinsight.com »

Why Retirement Is a Myth

– dailyworth.com

Why Retirement Is a MythIt’s easy to feel woefully inadequate when it comes to your retirement savings plan.

And you’re not alone: Fidelity Investments puts 55 percent of Americans in “danger of not fully covering even estimated essential expenses like housing, healthcare, food in retirement.” A Wells Fargo/Gallup survey found that 46 percent of their participants were either “very” or “somewhat” worried about outliving what they were capable of saving for retirement, with concerns about whether they could rely on Social Security checks alone…

Continue Reading On dailyworth.com »

If your portfolio can’t survive with 2 percent bond yields, you should switch to dividend-paying stocks.

Continue Reading On usnews.com »

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