UPDATE: THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOLS PRANK! Gotcha! Many writers and experts have commented on the proliferation of bad ETFs as manufacturers cash in on the caché of the ETF name. We’ve seen leveraged ETFs, niche sector ETFs, and alternative strategy ETFs pop up and uninformed investors flock to them still. (For the record, I [...]
Is Your Brokerage's Bond Desk a Profit Centre?
Not a question a lot of people ask, but it’s an important one. As an investor, if you buy a bond from your advisor or discount broker you see the price you are offered, but how far off is that from the price the brokerage paid to get it for you? Bond desks can either [...]
What is a Mutual Fund? A basic understanding…
I suppose this should be one of the first posts seeing as how most people are invested in mutual funds (and have no idea what they are, what the differences are between them, and what kinds of mutual funds there are out there). It is also of note that many investors might be…
What are you going to learn from this site?
If you’ve read the “How to use this site” section you will have noticed that there are going to be various levels of information presented here with respect to knowledge levels. But since that in itself is quite vague, I though I would write a post describing some of the things I will be talking about (In addition to what you guys ask about!).
In addition to defining some of the terms I think everyone should know…
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