Investing Abroad - Key Is Total Return
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:00PM CST
The S&P 500 edged to a new intra-session high on lucky, Friday the 13th. However, it has lagged behind many of the other DM equity markets. When investing in own currency, total return is straight forward. It is the capital appreciation (or...
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3 ETFs to Keep You Invested After Retirement
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 13, 9:10AM CST
Once you retire, your investment priorities shift. You are no longer as focused on growing your nest egg as you are on preserving your wealth and generating income. Many of the investments that work best in a portfolio prior to retirement don't...
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RevenueShares Global Revenue Weighted ETF Hits the Market - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Tue Feb 10, 10:00AM CST
RevenueShares expanded its pioneered revenue-weighted ETFs lineup with the launch of global growth oriented ETF.
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Killer Robots 2: Can You Trust Your Retirement To An Algorithm?
Edmond Overbey - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 8:27AM CST
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Global Sector PMI Highlights Broad-Based Fall In Prices In January
Markit - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 5:03AM CST
The first batch of global sector PMI™ data from Markit for 2015 saw a number of sectors register falling input prices, most notably chemicals. The beverages sector registered the strongest increase in output, but banking activity declined for...
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A More Tempered Global Equity Fund
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 1:12AM CST
By Patricia Oey Low-volatility strategies, such as the iShares minimum volatility family of exchange-traded funds, can be attractive options for long-term investors. This is because these ETFs' underlying MSCI indexes generally exhibit...
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4 ETFs You Can Hold Forever
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 3:42PM CST
The trend of money flowing towards robo-advisers and passive asset allocators is one that is likely to continue in the current market environment. Amid the more recent back drop of low volatility capital appreciation in stocks and bonds, it seems...
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Time To Act On The G-20 Agenda: The Global Economy Will Thank You
iMFdirect - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 6:54AM CST
By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Implementation, investment, and inclusiveness: these three policy goals will dominate the G-20 agenda this year, including the first meeting of finance ministers and...
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Vanguard Diversified Portfolios: How To Use Vanguard's Best Diversified ETFs
Tom Vaughan - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:49AM CST
Originally published on Jan. 26, 2015 Vanguard Diversification With 4 Easy-to-Copy Portfolios Vanguard ETFs and Index Funds are the optimum vehicles for creating a globally balanced portfolio. With just a few holdings, you can have exposure to...
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RevenueShares rolls out a global growth fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:34AM CST
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Global PMI Surveys Signal Lacklustre Start To The Year For Manufacturing
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 7:30AM CST
The world's factories reported a slight upturn in growth of business activity in January, but the pace of expansion remained one of the weakest seen over the past year-and-a-half. Sluggish start to the year The JPMorgan Manufacturing PMI,...
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World Trade Growth: Now A 'Scariest Chart' Candidate
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:17AM CST
The scary chart of the month: post-Great Recession, World Trade volumes are growing at the slowest average pace in 35 years (even if we are to 1) exclude recession effects, and 2) accept IMF's rosy projection for 2015 and ignore latest Baltic Dry...
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It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn - Significant Market Bottom Likely In The Spring
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:59AM CST
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." -Wayne Gretzky In my last article I highlighted that investors should be on high alert for a market decline as we are seeing building financial stress across the globe....
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Flash PMI Surveys Paint Downbeat Picture Of Global Manufacturing
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 7:00AM CST
Markit's flash manufacturing PMI data for January revealed the first insight into global economic trends at the start of the year, and provided little cause for celebration. Alongside recent falls in inflation rates globally, the downbeat picture of...
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Vanguard's Best ETFs
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jan 23, 8:01AM CST
Exchange-traded funds have taken the investing world by storm, with their flexibility in allowing investors to buy and sell during the trading day appealing to traders and long-term investors alike. Vanguard Group made its reputation by offering...
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3 of the Best Investments for Beginning Investors
Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jan 10, 6:31AM CST
Everyone has to start at the beginning. Photo: Flickr user Shardayyy . Are you new to the world of investing? If so, welcome! Natural first questions for beginners include, "What should I invest in?" and "What are the best investments?" I've got...
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Relative Rotation Shows U.S. Equities Are The Place To Be
360 Investment Research - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 12:26PM CST
We live in the golden age of investing. Never before have individual investors had so much available to them for gaining investment knowledge, finding great investment opportunities, and the ability to take advantage of them at such a low cost. Our...
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Where to Invest Money in 2015: 4 Great Ideas
Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jan 07, 12:00PM CST
Source: DeviantArt user 2bgr8STOCK. It's a new year, and you may be holding some new money, perhaps from a work bonus or a holiday gift. If you're wondering where to invest money in 2015 and beyond, here are some solid suggestions. Pay off debt ...
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Less-than-$50 oil will change the world, economists say
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:48AM CST
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