by Jay Liao on June 24, 2010
The following post is from guest blogger Vinchenzo Desroches, a forex trader and market columnist. You can find his bio below the article. If you’d like to contribute an article to Portfolio Monkey, please contact info@portfoliomonkey.com
Market turmoil has subsided in recent weeks. Volatility measures have declined 50%. The Dollar has pulled back from its highs related to other major currencies, but the financial debate has now focused on the strength of the present recovery and whether another dip is in the near-term future. Even a student of interactive markets would have difficulty appraising the uncertainty and confusion in today’s market scenario. Under this backdrop, investors are taking a collective breath before selecting their next targets of opportunity.
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by Jay Liao on March 16, 2010
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by Stephen Webb on March 10, 2010
Portfolio Monkey was recently featured in the March issue of Money Magazine’s article on “The 20 Best Money Websites.” The article points to Portfolio Monkey’s quantitative tools in helping investors better assess risk and also growth potential for their portfolio.
Here’s a link to the online version of the article on CNN Money
by Stephen Webb on February 2, 2010
by Stephen Webb on January 18, 2010
Here’s a helpful cheat sheet for keeping track of contribution limits to retirement plans in the upcoming two years. Special thanks to the folks from Trees Full of Money who put this together.
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by Stephen Webb on January 6, 2010
From The Financial Times: here’s a very useful and interactive look at the previous decade’s financial markets (stocks, bonds, and commodities) with highlights of all significant global events.
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by Stephen Webb on December 20, 2009
The previous two decades have been an interesting journey for the Exchange Traded Fund. A relatively humble beginning in the 1990’s as a simple way to track a few different indices soon gave way to a mass proliferation of products with ever-increasing complexity in the 2000’s. Funds suddenly had every available sector, asset type, and geographic region covered and many have now adopted leverage, short sales, and even (as oxymoronic as it may sound) active management.
As this decade comes to a close, the bond ETF is the current product du jour and led all asset classes for net inflows in 2009. Overall investor sentiment still reflects a defensive mindset from the 2008 financial crisis, and this trend is projected to continue heading into the 20-teens. Michael Johnston of ETF Database, takes a look at this theme and other interesting projections in a recent article, ”Ten ETF Trends for the Next Decade.” Here’s a summary of his predictions for this growing and evolving industry:
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