Archive for January, 2011

• Why you should ignore stock recommendations from experts
• POSTED 01.13.11

Investors use stockbrokers and investment managers for what they assume is their market-beating advice in picking stocks. FAIL. A new report from Bloomberg News finds that equity analysts are not only wrong when they list “best buys,” they’re spectacularly wrong. For all of their computers, MBAs, and six-figure bonuses, they follow the herd into stocks [...]

• Why it’s still smart to own bond mutual funds
• POSTED 01.7.11

If you’re invested in bond mutual funds, relax. The Great Bond Collapse, touted by so many noisy commentators last month, has been put on indefinite hold. Fears of ramped up inflation and spikes in interest rates were premature. Bond funds still look like sound investments, for income and diversification.
So make yourself a hot cup of [...]