If I Could Invest In Only One Fund . . .
Orion Portfolios - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 11:10PM CST
If I could invest in only a single fund . . . . . . and I had to invest all of my equity investment dollars in this fund . . . and I could only own this single fund for the rest of my life . . . which fund would I pick? Given that there are...
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Long-Term Treasury Bonds Are My Largest Position, Should It Be Yours?
Left Banker - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:41AM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), IJS: 117.52 (+0.66), IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), EFFE: 26.38 (-0.06), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), SHY: 84.64 (unch), IVE: 94.70 (+0.34), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), IJJ: 131.25 (+0.81), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 3:17PM CDT
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Why Did ETFs Become So Popular? Fewer Folks Are Buying The Hold-N-Hope Hype
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 2:02PM CDT
Exactly how long should a buy-n-hold investor "hold?" For example, if you held the Dow Jones Industrials Average from 1916 through 1981, would you have made money in those 65 years? Not from inflation-adjusted price appreciation. Here are...
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