A Few Dollars More

Traditionally, investors run to cash or bonds, preferably Treasury bonds, when the stock markets decline. They exit, waiting on the sidelines, hoping to re-invest at the lows. Sadly, that strategy has proven to lose investors more money than if they had done nothing. Yet, no one wants to suffer the pain of watching [...]

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Overall, Socially Responsible Investing has taken its share of losses in 2008 but has faired no worse than the rest of the market. That runs contrary to its detractors who believe SRI, the investment strategy of combining financial return with social good, is an idea of the lunatic fringe. I disagree.
Social investing in [...]

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Over the last six years foreign stock markets have been the place to be if you wanted to capture double digit investment returns. This year overseas markets especially emerging markets have pulled back along with the U.S. markets. I see that as a buying opportunity for long term investors.
My own experience in foreign [...]

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Remember Ron Popeil and his set- it- and -forget -it Rotisserie Oven?  Now you can do the same with your retirement savings.  Life-cycle funds, sometimes called target –date funds or age-based funds, offer investors a simple path through the complexity of investing.  All you need do is make two decisions.
The first is easy—pick your retirement [...]

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This column is for the risk adverse among us, especially those who would like to be in the stock market but may be afraid of loosing your shirt (or blouse). A relatively new investment vehicle in the United States, called Structured Products, could be the right prescription for you.
Structured Products are pre-packaged investment products [...]

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