Theory & Strategy

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  Vanguard Asks: How Much Return Do Your Clients Really Need?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2013

  Investors could be better off with lower return objectives and a less risky portfolio than the more typical higher return objective of most portfolios, a Vanguard research paper argues.

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  8 of History’s Best Investments

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2013

  When the right investor marries the right time with the right company, the return on investment and the size of the return goes through the roof.

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  Hussman: When Barron’s Poll Shows Exuberance, Run Away

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2013

  “When the cover of a major financial magazine features a cartoon of a bull leaping through the air on a pogo stick, it’s probably about time to cash in the chips,” John Hussman writes.

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  Simpson, Bowles Reduce New Deficit Plan to Prod Congress

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Like Jackie Gleason’s Buford T. Justice in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are not giving up.

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  15 Best Investing Quotes of All Time

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2013

  Whether markets are roaring ahead or stumbling off a cliff, good, solid advice is always needed to restrain the euphoria or soothe the panic attack.

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  Sheila Bair: Low Interest Rates Hurting Economy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2013

  Former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair is the latest high-profile official to voice concern over the Federal Reserve’s low-interest-rate policy.

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  Oops! Reinhart-Rogoff Research Tripped Up by Typo

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  A simple Excel spreadsheet error punches a hole in a highly cited economic paper by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff that has been used to bolster policies favoring restraint in government spending.

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  7 Reasons Gold Is Falling: Currency Manager Merk

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  A gold brick is still a brick, and hurts just as much when it falls on your foot, Axel Merk says.

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  How Do Art Returns Compare to the S&P?

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  April 14, 2013

  To produce a healthy gain from an art sale, investors need to learn the ins and outs of the art market, experts say.

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  Mutual Fund Expense Ratios Continued Their Decline in 2012: ICI

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 12, 2013

  The advocacy organization puts hard numbers behind a general sense of lower costs.