Robert N. Gordon

• Commodity Choice

  By Robert N. Gordon  |  December 1, 2006

  Commodities may be the oldest form of wealth, and recent academic work has concluded that over long periods of time, an investment in commodities has...

• The 15% Solution

  By Robert N. Gordon  |  October 1, 2006

  As most investors know, the Tax Act of 2003 lowered the tax rate for most dividends to 15 percent. But what about non-U.S. dividends? Are...

• Fees, Taxes, and ETFs

  By Robert N. Gordon  |  July 1, 2006

  Exchange-traded funds (ETF s) are on a roll, even to a point where they are now being created on some arcane asset classes. But beware:...

• Going Forward

  By Robert N. Gordon  |  May 1, 2006

  Wall Street's hedging tool of choice, the prepaid variable forward, is under intense scrutiny due to a Technical Advice Memorandum recently released by the IRS....