Market turmoil always brings out "experts" dispensing bad advice on what you should do with your money immediately. But if you've stuck to sound investment basics -- appropriate allocations in low-cost index funds -- you should just sit tight and do nothing.

Continue reading Take the Seinfeld Approach to Market Volatility and Do Nothing

Take the Seinfeld Approach to Market Volatility and Do Nothing originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 08 May 2010 13:05:00.

Filed Under: Investing, Investing Basics

The Masters' Select Equity Fund, managed by Jeremy DeGroot, aims to take a big decision off your hands by investing across five investment styles and cap sizes. But an investor in this fund would be exposed to one big risk -- active stock picking.

Continue reading Fund Focus: Masters' Select Offers Diversification -- With Risks

Fund Focus: Masters' Select Offers Diversification -- With Risks originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:25:00.

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The Masters' Select Equity Fund, managed by Jeremy DeGroot, aims to take a big decision off your hands by investing across five investment styles and cap sizes. But an investor in this fund would be exposed to one big risk -- active stock picking.

Continue reading Fund Focus: Masters' Select Offers Diversification -- With Risks

Fund Focus: Masters' Select Offers Diversification -- With Risks originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:25:00.

Filed Under: Columns, Investing

It sure is tough, but some stock-pickers have managed to consistently outperform the S&P 500. One such pro is Mark Boyer, who every year culls 40 stocks with the potential to beat the benchmark index. Here are his top five picks for 2010

Continue reading Inside Wall Street: Five Stocks That Just Might Beat the Market This Year

Inside Wall Street: Five Stocks That Just Might Beat the Market This Year originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:00.

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Usually, by the time investors ask me for an opinion, it's too late. Chances are they will have already made a big investing mistake, and they can't do much about it. It's all too easy for investors to make bad choices: The securities industry is very clever about always coming up with the "latest and greatest" way to make a quick buck. But almost all of these investment vehicles are structured to benefit brokers and investment managers. Investors wind up getting relegated to their usual status as victims with no redress.

Continue reading The 10 Biggest Investing Mistakes -- and How to Avoid Them

The 10 Biggest Investing Mistakes -- and How to Avoid Them originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:00.

Filed Under: Investing, ETFs

The results are in. The benchmark I created -- The Solin Random Stock Index (SRSI) -- to see if an index of stocks picked somewhat arbitrarily could outperform portfolios created by brokers and investment advisers, would have clobbered the competition in 2009. If it had been in existence then, that is. I described the SRSI in a recent blog post where I detailed my "methodology." All I did was take the letters of my last name and pick the first two U.S.-listed stocks that appeared on the DailyFinance search engine. Stocks included Sprint Nextel (S), Oracle (ORCL), Loews (L)...you get the picture. To see the full list of stocks, click here.

Continue reading Blogger's Dumb Luck Stock Index Would Rank in Top 1% of Mutual Funds

Blogger's Dumb Luck Stock Index Would Rank in Top 1% of Mutual Funds originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:00:00.

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