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Robinhood investing anyone?

Robinhood is an investing platform geared to millennials to make investing look so easy, fun, and sexy… The New York Times reports: “the company has also faced intense scrutiny for its practices.”  “The app has become a favorite of young and inexperienced investors, enticed by no-fee trading, offers of free stocks and an engaging user…

Think you can time the market?

October is notable for the many stock market crashes that occurred in this month. It’s the 90th anniversary of legendary Crash of 1929. The Panic of 1907 and the October 1987 crash are other examples. But the month is not the point. Too many investors think they will cash out then jump back into the…

Wall Street Brokers missed the memo on Index Funds

“In recent years, investors have been flocking to low-cost index funds, driven by their long-term record of outperforming higher cost actively managed funds” writes Randall Smith in The Wall Street Journal (10/7/19). However, clients of Wall Street brokers have just 29% of assets in passive index funds according to a report by Cerulli Associates. The…

How long will this bull market in stocks last?

The “bull market for stocks is 94 months old, making it the second-longest in modern history” according to Jason Zweig, writing in The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 21, 2017. In his weekly “Intelligent Investor” column Zweig explains the results of recent research showing that investors are affected by the optimism of other investors, often resulting…