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This simple-works-best approach, even in the cutthroat world of the NFL, struck a real chord with me. For years, I’ve believed in keeping it simple when it comes to investing … which is hard to do these days when you can read so many opinions on TV and the Internet.
This year’s get-together has been particularly lively, as the Cabot analysts present a rich mix of market analysis, investing techniques, stock picks and answers to probing questions from both new attendees and veterans of previous conferences.
We had an oversold market at the opening of the session. Then, there was some merger activity that caused an upmove. Greek banks received some funding. China’s market was up almost 5%, and finally, over the weekend, Barron’s...
from Heartland Adviser Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) has super stores and its spin-off, Sam’s Discount Stores, in almost all countries. New and smaller neighborhood stores have also been very successful. Investors today are now worried that Wal-Mart will be eclipsed by Amazon, which sells many of the same products on its web site. Wal-Mart...
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But I can’t remember the last time I recommended a European stock. The reason is pretty simple: there are very few European stocks that meet my criteria for investment. Either they’re not traded in the U.S., or the underlying companies are growing too slowly, or their charts are poor. And that’s not surprising. Why? It seems to me that one major reason is our country’s culture, which still values and rewards the rights and efforts of the individual as opposed to the state.
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Mutual funds have been around for decades, but it’s been just the last 25 years or so that their popularity has skyrocketed, due in large part to the growing participation in 401(k) retirement plans, which made mutual funds household names. About a decade ago, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained traction with individual investors and began to give mutual funds some heavy competition. And in the past few years, they have also emerged as good vehicles in which to park retirement money. But what many investors don’t realize is that there is another vehicle (besides mutual funds), which also offers you a means to pool your money with others to buy shares, at nominal costs.