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Podcast Episode 7 – Liar’s Risk

by Henry Becker 06.07.2010
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In this beginning of the week episode I will share my thoughts on mitigating liar’s risk and share a web page that is a free one stop shop for all the market data you could want.

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Market update

by Henry Becker 03.08.2010
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If you follow the markets on CNBC or one of the many business media sources you may have heard of the VIX or Volatility Index.  The VIX measures how concerned options traders are that stock prices will drop.  The beauty of the VIX is in its contrary indications.  More or less you could view the [...]

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Podcast Episode 4 – Why use ETFs

by Henry Becker 01.19.2010
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In this episode I will cover the pros of using ETFs and the cons of conventional mutual funds.

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Active or Passive

by Henry Becker 06.16.2009
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This has been the raging debate for decades.  The debate is should you/we use actively manged funds or index funds (the vast majority of ETFs are index funds).  Both sides have made fair arguments over the years but in the end most advisors and individual investors fall on one side of the fence or the [...]

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Back To School

by Henry Becker 06.16.2009
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Yeah, the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield movie was good but that may be a topic for another post.  The focus of this post, however, is how you can learn from one of the largest investors in America that also happens to educate some of the brightest minds in America.  No, I am not suggesting you enroll [...]

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