Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
Falling Dollar Concerns?
By Kate McBrideAs wealth managers hunt for hedges against the dollar's decline, S&P launches an index that lets investors, "participate in the returns of the U.S. equity market while hedging against a decline in the value of the U.S. dollar versus gold."
December 02, 2009
Total BetaI am indebted to reader Wayne Lebouef, an advisor in Florida with Money Concepts, for asking about my "Total Beta" theory, which appeared my "The Investment Edge" column in the July issue of Life Insurance Selling.
December 01, 2009
Frontier Markets Lure Intrepid InvestorsAs emerging markets become mainstream, investors endowed with enough pioneer spirit are venturing farther afield to "frontier" markets with even smaller, less developed economies
December 01, 2009
Still Too Early to Go for Gold: Searching for Alpha, December 2009The current "it" investment of the moment is gold. Everyone seems to be talking about the rally in what some have described as the last storehouse of value.
December 01, 2009
Relative Performance: Back on Client's RadarPositive performance brings with it the need to discuss risk and quality.
December 01, 2009
American College to Dodd: Rethink Fiduciary Provision in Financial Services Reform BillCollege suggests Dodd ask SEC to issue a report on impact of 'one-size-fits-all' standard
December 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Basic Materials ETFsEvery day, investors are bombarded with economic data offering clues to future market movements. As the U.S. and global economies begin to emerge from recession,...
December 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Sam Stovall In his most recent global equity strategy report S&P's chief investment strategist noted that November began what has often been...