The discussion around Smart Beta gets more ridiculous by the day. This morning I read a highly entertaining bit of nonsense about how smart beta can be used for downside protection. I spit McGriddle crumbs and syrup all over my suit, so my friends at ETF.com owe me a new one.
Here’s a truth bomb about what Smart Beta can’t do for you…
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Don't just blindly follow someone else's path… (FF to 40 seconds for today's analogy)… The Nasdaq's collapse now turns it red since the end of QE3 – joing the rest of the US equity party poopers… Since The Fed hiked rates, things have not gone according to plan…
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Succinct Summations for the week ending February 5th, 2016
Positives:
ADP employment report came in at 205k, above the 190k expected. Last month’s report was revised to 267k, up from 257k.
Unemployment fell to 4.9%, down from 5% previously.
PMI Manufacturing Index came in at 52.4, up from 51.2 previously; PMI Services Index came in at 53…
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I’ve written before that I think too few people annuitize their savings. Or, said differently, I think many people would benefit from exchanging a portion of their liquid assets for a guaranteed stream of lifetime income (most often by delaying Social Security, but also in some cases by purchasing an actual lifetime annuity)…
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In my previous life, as a reporter for the Financial Times, I did a stint covering philanthropy. I heard a lot about social entrepreneurship, philanthrocapitalism, and the ways that some philanthropists and nonprofit organizations were tackling some of the world’s toughest, seemingly intractable, social ills…
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The February jobs report is out. Last month, the U.S. economy created 151,000 net new jobs. That’s not very strong. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.9%. That’s an eight-year low.
NFP growth has gradually decelerated for the last year.
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During the early days of your courtship and marriage, Valentine’s Day may have been full of gorgeous red roses, glittering glasses of expensive wine, and ooey-gooey proclamations of love. Now, even the thought of Valentine’s Day may sting your already-hurting heart. If you’ve recently gotten divorced – even if it was definitely the right thing to do – Valentine’s Day can feel like the world’s biggest reminder of the love you no longer have in your life…
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The markets are back to tumbling on Friday, along with oil, as dozens of stocks have seen major decreases on high trading volume. All major U.S stock indexes were trading down in the early afternoon, partly driven by the declines in the shares of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI), salesforce.com, inc…..
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from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/five-things-smart-beta-cant-do-for-you-more-920-pm-feb-5th/
The discussion around Smart Beta gets more ridiculous by the day. This morning I read a highly entertaining bit of nonsense about how smart beta can be used for downside protection. I spit McGriddle crumbs and syrup all over my suit, so my friends at ETF.com owe me a new one.
Here’s a truth bomb about what Smart Beta can’t do for you…
Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »
Don't just blindly follow someone else's path… (FF to 40 seconds for today's analogy)… The Nasdaq's collapse now turns it red since the end of QE3 – joing the rest of the US equity party poopers… Since The Fed hiked rates, things have not gone according to plan…
Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »
Succinct Summations for the week ending February 5th, 2016
Positives:
ADP employment report came in at 205k, above the 190k expected. Last month’s report was revised to 267k, up from 257k.
Unemployment fell to 4.9%, down from 5% previously.
PMI Manufacturing Index came in at 52.4, up from 51.2 previously; PMI Services Index came in at 53…
Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »
I’ve written before that I think too few people annuitize their savings. Or, said differently, I think many people would benefit from exchanging a portion of their liquid assets for a guaranteed stream of lifetime income (most often by delaying Social Security, but also in some cases by purchasing an actual lifetime annuity)…
Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »
In my previous life, as a reporter for the Financial Times, I did a stint covering philanthropy. I heard a lot about social entrepreneurship, philanthrocapitalism, and the ways that some philanthropists and nonprofit organizations were tackling some of the world’s toughest, seemingly intractable, social ills…
Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »
The February jobs report is out. Last month, the U.S. economy created 151,000 net new jobs. That’s not very strong. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.9%. That’s an eight-year low.
NFP growth has gradually decelerated for the last year.
Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »
During the early days of your courtship and marriage, Valentine’s Day may have been full of gorgeous red roses, glittering glasses of expensive wine, and ooey-gooey proclamations of love. Now, even the thought of Valentine’s Day may sting your already-hurting heart. If you’ve recently gotten divorced – even if it was definitely the right thing to do – Valentine’s Day can feel like the world’s biggest reminder of the love you no longer have in your life…
Continue Reading On wife.org »
The markets are back to tumbling on Friday, along with oil, as dozens of stocks have seen major decreases on high trading volume. All major U.S stock indexes were trading down in the early afternoon, partly driven by the declines in the shares of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI), salesforce.com, inc…..
Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »
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