Gold Ratios and Big Trading Paper Dump

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A couple years ago we did a few studies on gold, examining how gold and gold stocks performed: Gold Miners / Bullion Ratio "The ...

Speaking

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Today at the R Finance conference in Chicago and Tuesday at NAAIM in San Diego. Come say hello!

Active ETFs: Just the Beginning

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There was lots of news recently centering around PIMCO's decision to launch an actively traded ETF version of their flagship Total Return Fund.  This...

Bubbles vs. Paradigm Shift

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This is a really interesting piece from the bubblemaster himself (330 and counting). Time to Wake Up:  Days of Abundant Resources and Falling Prices are...

Four Commission Free Portfolios for < 20 bps

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The Biggest Urban Legend in Finance

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From Arnott,  The Biggest Urban Legend in Finance: "A 30-year stock market excess return of approximately zero is a huge disappointment to the legions of...

Trendfollowing in the 1800s

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Nice post here that traces the phrase "“Cut short your losses,” – Let your profits run on”:  

Taxes

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Some nice pieces on taxes as tax day approaches! There are some great articles in the Bloomberg Government Insider spring 2011 issue but I can't...

Traveling

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Getting ready for a monster upcoming travel schedule, made even more pleasant due to a recently installed Achilles tendon where my ACL used to...

How to Pick Mutual Funds: The Netflix Prize for Improving Morningstar’s Star Rankings

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While most mutual funds underperform a simple index (and the vast majority underperform after tax), does that mean one cannot build a metric that...