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Herald Tribune
The popular press and even a few financial professionals continue to say things like "the stock market returns about 10 percent a year." This is one of those popular sayings that has some truth to it and that can be quite misleading at the same time. The problem with simplifications of reality like...
The Miami Herald
Reggie Bush has returned four punts for touchdowns in his NFL career, but he isn’t even listed among the three punt returners on the Dolphins’ initial depth chart. And on Wednesday, coach Tony Sparano didn’t sound eager for Bush to shoulder most of that responsibility....
The Miami Herald
Reggie Bush has returned four punts for touchdowns in his NFL career, but he isn’t even listed among the three punt returners on the Dolphins’ initial depth chart. And on Wednesday, coach Tony Sparano didn’t sound eager for Bush to shoulder most of that responsibility. “He may do...
Monthly Play Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average
25 Aug 2011
Seeking Alpha
Let us assume you want to play the Dow Jones Industrial Average index (DJI30) on a monthly basis and you are concerned mostly with the downside risk, i.e. what is the possibility that you will get a negative return in a month compared to getting a positive return. Concerning the current market...
How to rate a mutual fund
08 Aug 2011
The Times of India
Last week, Sebi asked mutual funds to modify the manner in which they publish their returns. So far, these companies have been publishing the compounded annual growth rates (CAGR) for specific holding periods, which is accepted internationally as a fair measure of long-term return. However,...
Methodology: How to track Mutual Funds
07 Aug 2011
The Times of India
The ET Quarterly MF Tracker lists MF schemes on the basis of their risk adjusted performance, after a detailed number crunching exercise. Research has been done inhouse, while data was sourced from Accord Fintech. The Sortino ratio, a superior risk-adjusted measure, was used to assess the...
Right of return revisited
25 Aug 2011
Ha'aretz
A political tsunami is expected in September, the politicians keep warning us. Obviously the recognition of Palestinian statehood, if adopted, is expected to yank the rug from under the feet of the refugees who were raised on the dream of returning to the fig tree, the spring and the village that no...
Seeking Alpha
There is no silver bullet for finding stocks that are guaranteed to outperform the markets in the short or long term. Still, these stellar companies often have key characteristics that set them apart from the crowd. While there is yet to be any guaranteed way of identifying these above average...
Seeking Alpha
In my first post on saving for retirement, I looked at how to calculate the amount of money you’ll need to save annually based on your retirement goals. Now we’re ready to tackle our second topic: how asset allocation decisions can affect your returns. There have been several major...
