Index Investing

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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Big Wig Portfolios

by Henry Becker 06.16.2009
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Ever wonder how the people in power in this country invest?  Eileen Ambrose of the Baltimore Sun has a great article on how particular individuals in the Obama administration invest.  I think most people would agree, whether you like the folks in the current administration or not, these are powerful, well informed people.  I don’t [...]

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