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A Fundamental Debate
By Ben WarwickReady for a sea change in active management? According to "The Fundamental Law in Mismanagement," a recent paper by Richard Michaud of New Frontier Advisors in Boston, the most basic tenet of active equity management is seriously flawed.
January 17, 2006
Fund in Focus: Putnam Small-Cap Growth FundRick Weed, manager since July 2004 S&P Rank: 4 Stars A Lie Detector Test for Small-Caps
January 11, 2006
New Fund Goes GlobalAn investment company is appealing to investors with a broad world view.The company, ING Funds, Scottsdale, Ariz., is introducing the ING Diversified International Fund, a ...
January 03, 2006
Two Trends That Will Continue in 2006, and One that Won'tFor those that survived the year that was, some congratulations are in order. After living through the bird flu scare, horrific natural disasters, and an inverted yield curve, one must wonder what the next twelve months hold.
January 01, 2006
Mostly Sunny or Partly CloudyLike most questions, the answer depends on whom you ask. We are fortunate here at Investment Advisor in that we have not one expert to...
January 01, 2006
Getting Ready for a Leap in LongevityLongevity increased by 40 years in the last century and may do so again in the first quarter of this century. The reasons are laid...
January 01, 2006
Boxes Are Not ClassesIn the September 2005 Investment Advisor, we showed that investing constrained by characteristics (value-growth and market capitalization) costs investors almost 300 basis points per year...