Friday, February 12, 2016

Investing Blog Roundup: “Active vs. Passive” No Longer a Debate + MORE 12:49 am Feb 13th

Pzena Investment Management is a New York City-based hedge fund focused on classic value investing, founded by Richard S. Pzena in 1996. As of the end of January of 2016, the firm had $24.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Recently, the firm has filed its 13F for the fourth quarter of…

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Investing Blog Roundup: “Active vs. Passive” No Longer a DebatePeople like to talk about the “active vs. passive” debate in investing. But for several years now, there really hasn’t been much of a debate. Most investors prefer to use low-cost passively managed funds — and for good reason. Morningstar’s John Rekenthaler describes the state of affairs thusly:
“Cheap funds haven’t merely scored a knockout; they have put conventional funds into a coma…

Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »

Succinct Summations for the week ending February 12th, 2016:
Positives:

Retail sales rose 0.2% m/o/m, retail sales ex-gas stations rose 0.4% m/o/m and 4.5% y/o/y.
The JOLTS report revealed that job openings rose to 5.607M and quit rates rose to 2.1%
Jobless claims fell to 269k, the 4-week moving average is down tto 281…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

An internet-driven information revolution defined the economic boom of the late 1990s, and financial engineering coupled with housing prices led to the booms and busts of the 2000s. Will the current cycle be about China or real transformative technological innovations that can have a lasting and beneficial influence on both markets and economic vitality in general? Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

Obama’s $10 Per Barrel Oil Tax Would Increase Price By 33%The Obama administration announced last week that it is seeking a new $10 per barrel tax on oil. The huge tax increase is aimed at energy companies that will surely pass this increased cost directly on to consumers. At $30 a barrel, the $10 tax amounts to a 33% increase in price. The oil price increase is part of President Obama’s latest (and final) budget proposal for FY2017 which begins October 1…

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CWS Market Review – February 12, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

CWS Market Review – February 12, 2016“Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
This was another dramatic week on Wall Street. On Thursday, the S&P 500 first tested, and later broke below, the “Tchaikovsky Low” of 1,812. At its lowest point, the index touched 1,810 which it hasn’t seen in two years.
Financial stocks were hit particularly hard…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

How to File Your Taxes: DIY or ProfessionalDon’t Dread Tax Time

Tax time is here again. Will you owe money to the IRS, or will they owe you a refund? With the U.S. tax code spanning 74,000 pages and new changes made every year, it can be difficult to find the answer, not to mention file your return on time.

There are plenty of individuals and firms vying to help you complete your taxes: The tax preparation industry represents more than $10 billion each year…

Continue Reading On dailyworth.com »

A Positive Divergence at Last

– thereformedbroker.com

Technicians don’t crack snake eggs into a bowl and whip an elongated pinky fingernail through the yolk to make proclamations about the market’s future.
That would be kind of cool, but it probably wouldn’t be very effective.
Instead, they study the behavior of their fellow market participants to detect the possibility of turning points or meaningful change…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

By Eddie Zipperer, originally published in The Hill The complete idiot's guide to being right about Donald Trump If you operate under the assumption that helium is heavier than the air around you, you're going to lose your balloon. If you're smart, you won't lose many balloons before you change your assumption…

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from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/investing-blog-roundup-active-vs-passive-no-longer-a-debate-more-1249-am-feb-13th/
Pzena Investment Management is a New York City-based hedge fund focused on classic value investing, founded by Richard S. Pzena in 1996. As of the end of January of 2016, the firm had $24.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Recently, the firm has filed its 13F for the fourth quarter of…

[[ This is a content summary only…

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Investing Blog Roundup: “Active vs. Passive” No Longer a DebatePeople like to talk about the “active vs. passive” debate in investing. But for several years now, there really hasn’t been much of a debate. Most investors prefer to use low-cost passively managed funds — and for good reason. Morningstar’s John Rekenthaler describes the state of affairs thusly:
“Cheap funds haven’t merely scored a knockout; they have put conventional funds into a coma…

Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »

Succinct Summations for the week ending February 12th, 2016:
Positives:

Retail sales rose 0.2% m/o/m, retail sales ex-gas stations rose 0.4% m/o/m and 4.5% y/o/y.
The JOLTS report revealed that job openings rose to 5.607M and quit rates rose to 2.1%
Jobless claims fell to 269k, the 4-week moving average is down tto 281…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

An internet-driven information revolution defined the economic boom of the late 1990s, and financial engineering coupled with housing prices led to the booms and busts of the 2000s. Will the current cycle be about China or real transformative technological innovations that can have a lasting and beneficial influence on both markets and economic vitality in general? Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

Obama’s $10 Per Barrel Oil Tax Would Increase Price By 33%The Obama administration announced last week that it is seeking a new $10 per barrel tax on oil. The huge tax increase is aimed at energy companies that will surely pass this increased cost directly on to consumers. At $30 a barrel, the $10 tax amounts to a 33% increase in price. The oil price increase is part of President Obama’s latest (and final) budget proposal for FY2017 which begins October 1…

Continue Reading On investorsinsight.com »

CWS Market Review – February 12, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

CWS Market Review – February 12, 2016“Know what you own, and know why you own it.” – Peter Lynch
This was another dramatic week on Wall Street. On Thursday, the S&P 500 first tested, and later broke below, the “Tchaikovsky Low” of 1,812. At its lowest point, the index touched 1,810 which it hasn’t seen in two years.
Financial stocks were hit particularly hard…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

How to File Your Taxes: DIY or ProfessionalDon’t Dread Tax Time

Tax time is here again. Will you owe money to the IRS, or will they owe you a refund? With the U.S. tax code spanning 74,000 pages and new changes made every year, it can be difficult to find the answer, not to mention file your return on time.

There are plenty of individuals and firms vying to help you complete your taxes: The tax preparation industry represents more than $10 billion each year…

Continue Reading On dailyworth.com »

A Positive Divergence at Last

– thereformedbroker.com

Technicians don’t crack snake eggs into a bowl and whip an elongated pinky fingernail through the yolk to make proclamations about the market’s future.
That would be kind of cool, but it probably wouldn’t be very effective.
Instead, they study the behavior of their fellow market participants to detect the possibility of turning points or meaningful change…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

By Eddie Zipperer, originally published in The Hill The complete idiot's guide to being right about Donald Trump If you operate under the assumption that helium is heavier than the air around you, you're going to lose your balloon. If you're smart, you won't lose many balloons before you change your assumption…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

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