Jason Zweig Articles & Advice: Learn How to Become a Better Investor http://www.jasonzweig.com/articles.php Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:54 GMT Feed43 Proxy/1.0 (www.feed43.com) 360 1ac471f97953b9623371cba44bf11203 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:54 GMT Value Stocks Are Hot -- But Most Investors Will Burn Out http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432004578306153331261978.html The great value investor Jean-Marie Eveillard explains what makes value investing so hard: pain.

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]]> efe2f1891f017102a8c4b20ade6385f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:53 GMT Another Big Holder Balks at Dell LBO http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578300090035992424.html T. Rowe Price says Michael Dell`s buyout bid undervalues Dell Inc. (With Telis Demos, David Benoit and Ben Worthen.)

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]]> 05c8ff36614c4020662bad82b2aa5674 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:56:29 GMT Investor Aims High With Price For Dell http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323696404578296410475291922.html A look at Southeastern Asset Management`s valuation of Dell Inc. (With Sharon Terlep, David Benoit and Telis Demos.)

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]]> bd039543cd9b15cc40d826a88d88be9e Thu, 16 May 2013 18:53:27 GMT A `Bucket List` for Better Diversification http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578292200253111008.html A look at `differsification,`or how to protect your portfolio in different economic scenarios.

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]]> 3e14fccce2058ca211e53fd9ec1d1235 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:49 GMT It`s Hard to Limit U.S. Stock Exposure http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323926104578277852612918328.html Do the investors barging into high-yield bonds realize that their performance closely tracks the stock market?

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]]> bafca3cd4b5b483b699346a88d129869 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:52 GMT College Endowments Show Weak Returns http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324610504578276360954805602.html The average endowment fund lost money in the year ending June 2012 even though both stock and bond markets were up. (With Ruth Simon.)

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]]> ecdc36e28cb98edd1b01b396ec08ff00 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:51 GMT Buffett Made a Play for Big Board http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323829504578269750549659738.html The backstory behind Warren Buffett`s discussions to purchase NYSE Euronext in 2012.

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]]> 903526e4de9ad7dcc52d24aa5027097d Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:48 GMT How Apple`s Fall Bit Bondholders, Too http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323854904578263941939124314.html People who thought they were buying short-term bonds ended up paying an arm and a leg for Apple stock as it plunged.

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]]> 53ce6b78170d4d76baaf892bc9870522 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:47 GMT How to Owe Capital-Gains Taxes Without Even Trying http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578249841775885514.html The rare phenomenon of `corporate inversions` can lead investors to incur taxable capital gains when they don`t even sell stock.

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]]> 7ef18bab189cf11a7e861f8ecc03939e Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:46 GMT Inside the Self-Driving Index Funds That Finish First http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324442304578235892062924114.html A look at the simple, cheap, high-performing index funds in the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees.

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]]> 9fdf5aafa7e6054cca355a468a93bf0a Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:18 GMT How Huge Returns Mess With Your Mind http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689604578221783598474120.html What makes compound returns so hard for many people to understand, and what to do about that.

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]]> 4c4b334c23f89ea231958856c4fdcdfb Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:20 GMT At Long Last, Could the Dividend Revolution Be Here? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323291704578199632820722650.html Companies should consider returning to the way dividends were paid in the 19th century -- variably but generously.

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]]> bccc3dc7b9566c05dfd1d3e4bade8b7b Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:17 GMT The 107-Year-Old Stock Picker http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324731304578193323337104806.html A profile of Irving Kahn, the oldest surviving student of Benjamin Graham.

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]]> 8a8de8b7eb4511dfb88d2befdede5cf1 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:16 GMT U.S. Stocks: Look Out Below? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324296604578179470910812286.html Economist Robert Gordon argues that the U.S. economy is doomed to a future of slow growth. Is he right?

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]]> b6e91511c8c249a020db994e313f55e0 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:15 GMT Berkshire, in Rarity, to Buy Shares http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324481204578175163858501142.html Warren Buffett buys $1.2 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock from a private investor. (With Erik Holm and Laura Saunders.)

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]]> 5c84e6af91e1286d38e114ec196c0c0a Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:14 GMT Are You Brilliant, or Lucky? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323316804578165143799397184.html Why are investors pouring money into actively managed bond funds despite the massive evidence that bond index funds will do better?

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]]> 636eff584b5266782d61470314374953 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:13 GMT Fund Managers Lift Results With Timely Trading Sprees http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324205404578147190736344284.html A Page One analysis of the practice of window-dressing or marking the close, by which portfolio managers drive up stock prices just before the end of a quarter. (With Tom McGinty.)

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]]> 05f3d7864442020f3b399da02da71183 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:12 GMT No Easy Money in Munis http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324020804578151410698929272.html A flood of money fleeing higher tax rates has driven up the prices of municipal bonds.

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]]> c28d2af441854ef4d500b62f49731eb4 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:11 GMT Should You Bottle Up Your Money in `Baby Bonds`? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324712504578133470673710586.html A look at bonds with tiny, $25 denominations and fat yields of up to 7.4%.

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]]> cc3f3301329294a16e3fc8a899116a3d Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:10 GMT Make the Tax Man Wait! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578123052465026368.html Should you sell your winning stocks before capital-gains taxes go up?

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]]> 6dd0b8e3b270b65426be2d098bfaf023 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:09 GMT Winning It by Trimming It http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324073504578108963196064662.html With the stock market up so sharply, it pays to rebalance systematically.

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]]> f05ec914e83908fa00bead90207c49ad Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:24:25 GMT Warren Buffett: Read All About Him http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/11/08/warren-buffett-read-all-about-him/ Two new books add to the collection of volumes about Buffett.

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]]> e4811c9bbb5c9d8c9e290fb06c3ea5a7 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:24:24 GMT Why Buy and Hold Feels Dead http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/11/07/why-buy-and-hold-feels-dead/ Why, when a patient approach to diversification has worked well, do so many people think it has failed?

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]]> 5af40417caab060ada3a58932a1a8cc0 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:24:23 GMT Why Buy and Hold Is Still Gold http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/11/06/why-buy-and-hold-is-still-gold/ A look at the leaky logic that underlies some of the beliefs about `tactical` allocation.

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]]> f4ed2ef05fe8c7683277a49f83ea9229 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:24:22 GMT How Practical Is `Tactical`? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578095052760641218.html `Tactical Asset Allocation` funds are being promoted as the cure for market crashes. Look before you leap.

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]]> 6e191c4cded73e9ef13f0cb3cfb862b8 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:43:35 GMT Can You Trust Your Stockjobber? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/10/30/can-you-trust-your-stockjobber/ A look back at how people invested from 1690 to 1720 suggests that human nature changes much less than we would like to admit.

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]]> 225c768309da1929812a4e2146e5b82f Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:43:34 GMT In a Low-Rate World, Everything Is a Real-Estate Play http://www.jasonzweig.com/online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204005004578080882499199060.html Real-estate investment trusts are hot, and just about everything imaginable is turning into a REIT.

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]]> 05e673ee29de0c8d570cb2cdc8192149 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:33:46 GMT Gold: Do We Hear `36,000`? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/10/24/gold-do-we-hear-36000/ A new book calls for gold to hit $10,000 an ounce. Does that sound familiar?

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]]> 80d26e4322717a2a0080735b4212c7df Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:54:28 GMT The Winner for Investors Is... http://www.jasonzweig.com/online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592704578066683295046230.html How much are stock returns affected by which party is in the White House?

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]]> b97e5106c4c139934b7be3fc4c7acf5d Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:12 GMT The Managed Rankings of ETF Managed Portfolios http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/10/15/the-managed-rankings-of-etf-managed-portfolios/ A look at how the firms that assemble exchange-traded funds can tinker with rankings to make their portfolios look better.

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]]> 3db442aefc103b49e004ec5f3a4314a1 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:43 GMT When Cheap Funds Cost Too Much http://www.jasonzweig.com/online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578050501097576018.html How to shop wisely among the increasingly popular `ETF managed portfolios.`

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]]> e7d32dff730602377690db37c60e6b8d Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:42 GMT Dividends: Start Screaming http://www.jasonzweig.com/online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578052472320753336.html Get ready for taxes to take a bigger bite out of your dividend income -- and what investors might be able to do about it.

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]]> f8874de567a928286b1b38183b25085c Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:58 GMT Conflict of Interest? Moi? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443493304578038811945287932.html What will the first examination of conflicts on Wall Street in a decade turn up?

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]]> 153905a936cf6e9d4fd8cc75f7d12df3 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:11 GMT There`s Nothing New Under the Sun http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/10/02/theres-nothing-new-under-the-sun/ The financial crisis of 2008-2009, or the financial crisis of 1890?

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]]> 0455bc2ef23bea3037a7e6fabff5b42e Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:57 GMT Fee Deflation: ETF Costs Dwindle, but Don`t Disappear http://www.jasonzweig.com/online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444752504578024433853129780.html As expense ratios approach zero, investors need to watch a range of other costs.

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]]> 038765b93752399bd87c9a0ab59ad513 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:10 GMT Church of England to Bankers: Repent! http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/09/27/church-of-england-to-bankers-repent/ `Human sin is a reality that has to be taken account of` -- especially in the financial industry.

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]]> 0429dd92b8c8e15fbbcece84b4684f62 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:56 GMT Borrowing Against Yourself http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578010353679971398.html Before you take out a margin loan on your brokerage account, remember that you shouldn`t borrow unless you`re prepared to lower your other risks.

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]]> e25a9d423c4ffa9cc4b5ac6564e0b575 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:31 GMT Protecting Your Bucket http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444433504577651651830164914.html What`s in the `Buckets of Money` that well-known financial planner Ray Lucia recommends?

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]]> b726438afd91539a92dc25bba0d65c23 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:09 GMT The Anti-Bernanke`s Early Warning on Quantitative Easing http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/09/13/the-anti-bernankes-early-warning-on-quantitative-easing/ As the Federal Reserve loosens policy again, the long-ago warnings of Melchior Palyi might be worth heeding.

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]]> c7c1850d3cf9e9fbe6196ef7a2f2c8b0 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:30 GMT Want to Buy a Private Stock? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577637790108826970.html Private companies, for the first time in decades, can pitch their securities to the general public -- just as new studies document the financial illiteracy of the general public.

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]]> ef4a8e639722c2e2fa818308f1decb17 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:29 GMT Profits Came in Lower Than Expected? Hip, Hip, Hooray! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772804577623391308969570.html In the latest twist, Wall Street greets bad earnings news and good news for stocks.

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]]> 8180df2ccf7796663b8f50b94c5e8938 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:08 GMT The Jackson Hole Speech People Should Long Remember http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/31/the-jackson-hole-speech-people-should-long-remember/ A call for resimplifying financial regulations in the age of complexity.

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]]> 6c4143af1caa37099c9e96600fb55f66 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:07 GMT Are Debtors` Prisons Coming Back? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/28/are-debtors-prisons-coming-back/ A look back at the history of punishment for delinquent borrowers.

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]]> 8312a1f9ca3c84791c80fbca65927593 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:06 GMT Finish the Fed Limerick! http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/27/finish-the-fed-limerick/ There once was a man named Bernank....

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]]> 815bf6ba91fba668f1f4aaab44a91f92 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:05 GMT Are Retail Investors `Fleeing` Stocks? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/27/are-retail-investors-fleeing-stocks/ Not exactly.

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]]> 97b1c30b0f0a42238c2becffef6b8664 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:28 GMT Will These Royal Yields Rule? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444082904577609291984902960.html The enormous income yields on royalty trusts may be too good to last.

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]]> 609406eed10916566b93a60b3df69837 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:04 GMT When Will the Retail Investor Call It Quits? (Again) http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/23/when-will-the-retail-investor-call-it-quits-again/ How much do short-term trading difficulties matter to long-term investors?

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]]> 78a06205dae0f93c81fb950f19ec9f68 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:03 GMT Are Diamonds an ETF`s Best Friend? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/07/are-diamonds-an-etfs-best-friend/ Before long, there may be an ETF that is pegged to gem-quality diamonds.

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]]> 80af2f6c938ca17c61bc1b4e0db1cb2a Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:27 GMT When Laws Twist Markets http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443545504577567213170814048.html The latest effort by Congress to bolster U.S. financial markets and create jobs leads to a boom in British soccer clubs and Caribbean tax havens.

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]]> b686d76d966865d19a9c0301360303ab Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:26 GMT When Will Retail Investors Call It Quits? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443545504577563511537138938.html The latest trading glitch drives another nail into the coffin of many individual investors` enthusiasm for stocks.

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]]> 9dfb75acd7a24788a14cf06e538c2cde Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:02 GMT The Flash Glitch and the Long-Term Investor http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/08/02/the-flash-glitch-and-the-long-term-investor/ How much does -- and should -- the latest disturbance from high-frequency trading bother investors?

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]]> ce22934458250bb84f32142a42187b95 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:25 GMT Breaking Up Is Hard to Do http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444840104577553192043480890.html How well would the Glass-Steagall Act work if it were revived?

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]]> 941f1aaea35991f619e6655b5bebe550 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:01 GMT Should Crimes of Capital Get Capital Punishment? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/27/should-crimes-of-capital-get-capital-punishment/ A look at the history of the death penalty for financial wrongdoing.

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]]> 69db7840e2d2be5884a85b2550b95e22 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:07:00 GMT Stupid Investing Tricks http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/24/stupid-investing-tricks/ Why people investing on 30-year horizons move their money around based on the latest one-day fluctuations.

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]]> 8cb3822c7eb7c74ba511508d3c41bf84 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:24 GMT Why We`re Driven to Trade http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577538924031591882.html What makes thinking about the longer-term future so hard?

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]]> 50012437eb894921fcf06bd5db789906 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:23 GMT High Rates? Are You Delirious? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577525083204389036.html A look at the Cornerstone funds, which give investors their own money back and call it `yield.`

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]]> 11f3af591d77a672637ca5d6831c7bac Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:06:59 GMT Should You Go to an Adviser or an Advisor? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/05/should-you-go-to-an-adviser-or-an-advisor/ The law spells it one way; most practitioners spell it another.

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]]> f4cff82f71e4e079dba8eeaa96cba7f7 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:06:58 GMT The Art of Financial Crisis http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/03/the-art-of-financial-crisis/ In the Great Depression, Weimar Germany and Renaissance Italy, powerful art sprang from economic hard times. What about now?

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]]> d230e06148cfb794004c2ec3bd448908 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:22 GMT New Ways to Weigh an Adviser http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304830704577495152435192704.html It`s high time financial advisers measured their own performance, not just the returns of funds. But it`s trickier than it sounds.

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]]> 3cf2cd64fb370fcf9855baf67445fb18 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:01:19 GMT I, Robot, Am a Stupid Trader http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/29/i-robot-am-a-stupid-trader/ A British artist launches a computerized fund that invests on the basis of irrational human beliefs.

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]]> 2291588ecaefe01d2b86ef11e24ecbe2 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:11 GMT Generation Why? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/27/generation-why/ A plea for financial marketers to knock it off with the Generation X, Gen Y and millennial stuff.

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]]> 55b3c9fabf3daaa581a403509c0d6226 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:01:18 GMT Are Individual Investors Fleeing Stocks? Nope http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/27/are-individual-investors-fleeing-stocks-nope/ A look beneath the headlines about small investors getting out of the stock market.

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]]> 0ef82264a0bd4f994022ce6bd5f542e5 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:21 GMT BlackRock Fund Manager to Leave http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577480972731325232.html Energy-fund manager Dan Rice will leave BlackRock, the firm announces.

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]]> 1293e824f9409090e6a741616e2cde4d Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:10 GMT Housing Recovery? Not So Fast http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/20/housing-recovery-not-so-fast/ How sure should we be that the real-estate market has turned the corner?

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]]> b3efc986fcf4243e937d9462eebc4a21 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:20 GMT A Fund Manager`s Home Cooking http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404577468622975187312.html BlackRock energy-fund manager Dan Rice steps aside after his side businesses come to light.

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]]> a06737d1c92133f2c6e8248260717732 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:36 GMT How Green Is BlackRock Fund Manager`s Family Business? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/15/how-green-is-blackrock-fund-managers-family-business/ The unusual environmental impacts of BlackRock manager Dan Rice`s outside interests.

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]]> 70a3c5a250794d37d2b8ff91870101ee Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:35 GMT BlackRock: The Fund Manager and the Family Business http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/15/blackrock-the-fund-manager-and-the-family-business/ More details on the potentially conflicting interests of BlackRock money manager Dan Rice.

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]]> 4a6b50d6771493cad32caefaedf0ef60 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:09 GMT Was Willie Sutton Wrong? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/14/was-willie-sutton-wrong/ Why bother to rob banks anymore when they aren`t where the money is?

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]]> b55602d97cfedf9d6b2f41a7f2301c86 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:08 GMT Is Your Mom a Hedge Fund? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/06/12/is-your-mom-a-hedge-fund/ What does it mean when `households` invest in government bonds?

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]]> 6136a17fba790774ae32e5457bf1b88b Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:19 GMT Are Bond Rates on a Road to Nowhere? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303296604577454431047267896.html The `bond vigilantes` who used to bring discipline to interest rates have been run out of town.

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]]> e3f1a7b50fcc4415c019fc6b44d7c857 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:18 GMT Can `Skin in the Game` Pose Conflicts? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304821304577438511630586748.html A look at BlackRock energy-fund manager Dan Rice and the energy company run by his family.

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]]> a55d004f48206dab8a8c93f57e6d09a0 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:17 GMT Could Computers Protect the Market From Computers? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304065704577426092877288770.html With one electronic meltdown after another in today`s high-speed markets, is human oversight outmoded?

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]]> bef550279b1fb582938c71bc3fc7fd90 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:07 GMT Debauching the Currency: What It Looks Like http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/25/debauching-the-currency-what-it-looks-like/ An artist imagines what the U.S. dollar will look like when it gets degraded.

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]]> 4518fd9fab7e9a2625c11b41871217c1 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:16 GMT Is `You` a Good Investment? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577412610568852458.html As Facebook goes public, investors need to bear in mind that loving a company is one thing. Loving the stock is entirely another.

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]]> aaff47f442d86cdd793876e9b16e4c5e Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:06 GMT The JOBS Act Goes Global http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/17/the-jobs-act-goes-global/ As Congress attempts to create jobs in the U.S., companies in India get the first boost.

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]]> d5aa700428a17fb062fba82a89f38120 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:05 GMT Dimons in the Rough, and Other Bad J.P. Morgan Puns http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/05/15/dimons-in-the-rough-and-other-bad-j-p-morgan-puns/ Headline writers, please try harder.

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]]> 412f6259e065a1898889a0e671d132b1 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:15 GMT Polishing the Dimon Principle http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304543904577398173827749672.html Never forget the words of Richard Feynman: `You must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool.`

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]]> d5f6b2a97376f21f98c2c12c8da47a5b Wed, 01 May 2013 23:58:54 GMT Buffett Is Out Of Step http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304020104577386402893189014.html What does the underperformance of Berkshire Hathaway say about the financial markets?

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]]> 109ecb4f4dc42cffe2b2910cf95f142b Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:14 GMT Should Robots Replace Regulators? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304020104577384211255978898.html With regulators vastly outnumbered by the humans they oversee, could machines do a better job?

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]]> 298aa87d83a6d6e98a35cbc503c2f832 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:13 GMT A Flaming Buy? Natural Gas Won`t Stay Low Forever http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303990604577369832446507656.html Natural gas is very close to being given away. Investors should sniff opportunity.

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]]> 08845c8e3bdea885d2dd87a73d3e6feb Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:04 GMT Crowdsourcing a Debt-Crisis Solution http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/26/crowdsourcing-a-debt-crisis-solution/ What policymakers could learn from regular folks about how to get the debt and deficit under control.

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]]> b2177c18bc10c283fca423c48e2e9cc9 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:34 GMT Suze Orman Parts Ways with Newsletter http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/24/suze-orman-parts-ways-with-newsletter/ After calling him `ethical` and `a genius,` Suze Orman ditches her former partner, Mark Grimaldi.

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]]> 65f109181ee4f40dc0d7641aacf57a05 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:12 GMT And Buffett`s Successor Is... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577355901445439744.html Amid the sheer guesswork about who will succeed Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway, can numbers tell us anything?

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]]> 03583f9a8615febe90838009456df0b7 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:03 GMT Searching for the First `Bubble` http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/19/where-did-bubbles-bubble-up/ The history and derivation of the word `bubble,` and what investors can learn from it.

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]]> 59696d98e9464aa330a5f8afc8a92a0b Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:02 GMT Between the Lines of the JOBS Act http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/18/between-the-lines-of-the-jobs-act/ Will the new law be a boon for Main Street or Wall Street?

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]]> 7b127df2d0e3d69dd82301f9cb42acec Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:11 GMT In New Funds, Old Flaws http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303624004577341823640668892.html Exchange-traded notes sound like exchange-traded funds, but their fees -- and behavior -- can be nothing alike.

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]]> 3c52f57032e8a15b73c290dff7df362a Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:01 GMT The China Crackdown http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/12/the-china-crackdown/ U.S. regulators hit hard at alleged cases of securities fraud by Chinese-based companies.

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]]> 97d97095bbee1be94eecb41984e1f0f3 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:57:00 GMT Howard Schow, R.I.P. http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/10/howard-schow-r-i-p/ What made the founder of PRIMECAP such a successful investor?

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]]> ba365c662c7aa33d2e70d4aec2c09295 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:59 GMT A Few More Punishments We`d Like to See http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/09/a-few-more-punishments-wed-like-to-see/ As a rogue trader is sentenced to death in China, suggestions on other penalties that might clean up the financial markets.

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]]> 4c2d7a9739f224a24f44a5af0acae0b1 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:10 GMT The Dividend-Fund Dilemma http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304072004577326221868111132.html Do the investors who have poured billions of dollars into dividend-oriented funds understand the risks?

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]]> b91640b080cf0aab48d2a07a64eea686 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:58 GMT Why Investors Can`t Escape `Risk` http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/06/why-investors-cant-escape-risk/ What the derivation and history of the word `risk` can tell us about the hazards of investing.

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]]> cf6c3c32dbf613aa9053b74722ad91e5 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:57 GMT Keys to Thinking About Keynes http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/04/03/keys-to-thinking-about-keynes/ Why do people judge Keynes the investor based on their views about Keynes the economist?

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]]> 39b98c9e88fbde4ee61606ca84815496 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:56:40 GMT Keynes -- Stock-Picker Extraordinaire http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577313810084976558.html The economist John Maynard Keynes, new research shows, was one of the most remarkable investors of the 20th Century.

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]]> a2469259d8356b9b605a31aacd1bd7d2 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:56 GMT Why China Loves Gold http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/30/why-china-loves-gold/ The 2000-year-old precedent for hoarding of gold by China`s central bank.

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]]> b97fd367125aa992730e4bc9463d1fe4 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:55 GMT Congress Pays, the Public Pays http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/29/congress-plays-the-public-pays/ As Congress finally restricts (somewhat) its freedom to trade securities on inside information, the taxpayers foot the bill.

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]]> 0b708b9b4a12c998880c45a39cb081ca Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:54 GMT `Jumbo Shrimp,` Meet `Sophisticated Investor` http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/28/jumbo-shrimp-meet-sophisticated-investor/ What would George Carlin think of the idea that the markets are full of sophisticated investors?

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]]> f5698c4ae876861ec5738c93736dfb94 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:53 GMT The U.S. House Cleans House (a Bit) http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/27/the-u-s-house-cleans-house-a-bit/ Congress balances its own books for the first time in years.

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]]> 17ca91b5065d3c4d0f776f8fd17b6234 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:52 GMT What Would Graham Say About Goldman? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/20/what-would-graham-say-about-goldman/ In the ruckus over conflicts of interest at Goldman Sachs, a look back at the views of Benjamin Graham.

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]]> 79e3c29311159f3ad8bd3bcb73c03155 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:51 GMT Just 1% Away From the S&P`s All-Time High http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/19/just-1-away-from-the-sps-all-time-high/ As the stock market nudges toward its record levels of five years earlier, no one is celebrating.

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]]> 87bab43a2ac44fd65fa45fddb96c407d Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:56:39 GMT `Junk` ETFs: Tread Lightly http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303863404577285501263960594.html Has the enormous growth of high-yield ETFs distorted the market for junk bonds?

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]]> 459a97a70059c4d5f84123e1de0a2857 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:50 GMT What Brokers Call Clients Behind Their Backs http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/16/muppets-suckers-and-guppies-what-brokers-call-their-clients-behind-their-backs/ Why is anyone surprised that bankers at Goldman Sachs call clients `muppets`?

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]]> 63aec7ed589a80279092a417ce6a67f7 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:56:38 GMT Rough Sledding: Clinging to Stocks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203961204577271670091239232.html Lessons on buy-and-hold investing from Daniel Dent, fund manager and Iditarod competitor.

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]]> 21b2d890040d1d2ec220893ad2aaf229 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:49 GMT The Financial Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/06/the-financial-wisdom-of-g-k-chesterton/ What the master of English prose can teach us about the follies of economic forecasting.

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]]> e26a15b40989e67719d83984611a82a7 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:49:51 GMT Dow 1,339,410: The Latest Milestone http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204571404577257373285657442.html As the Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 13000, a closer look at what the levels of stock indexes mean.

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]]> 43419657afdcc72429ca4a691f4f3c05 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:48 GMT Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be an Investor http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/03/01/has-there-ever-been-a-better-time-to-be-an-investor/ The first stock I ever bought, and what the stock market of 1976 tells us about today.

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]]> 53ce9eea60725094eb51d54113689e9f Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:47 GMT Is There Gold in Them There Bills? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/28/is-there-gold-in-that-there-paper/ To benefit from `money printing` by central banks, you could buy gold.` Or you could buy the company that does the money printing.

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]]> 57839f8bc50b87f61e0a54494dca17c8 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:49:50 GMT Is `Derisking` Even Riskier? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204778604577243302119518244.html When you `de-risk` your portfolio, be sure you aren`t just replacing old risks with new ones.

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]]> 6de7af9f79a1b9b247350297efc7f7bf Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:46 GMT When Your DNA Dings Your ROI http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/22/when-your-dna-dings-your-roi/ New research in genoeconomics finds that variations in DNA explain much of the likelihood of making common investing mistakes.

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]]> 59b5f4599b00f2947924dce3ee94e28d Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:45 GMT So Who Commented on the Volcker Rule? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/20/so-who-commented-on-the-volcker-rule/ A look at the numbers and variety of comment letters on the proposed banking reform.

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]]> f2916253bc5497e3b843d32715cf1797 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:47 GMT Simple Index Funds May Be Complicating the Markets http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204059804577229201842045734.html Are index funds and ETFs making all financial assets dangerously interconnected?

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]]> c0f2e68a12e4724f67532f1debd21c13 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:44 GMT Eurotrashing: The Latest Sales Pitch http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/16/eurotrashing-the-latest-sales-pitch/ Direct marketers are starting to exploit the woes of the Eurozone.

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]]> 9f613ddfa331a0606790c49493e6595c Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:43 GMT The Financial Crisis Will Be Over When... http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/13/the-financial-crisis-will-be-over-when/ ...Americans finally re-embrace one of the virtues that made the country great: thrift.

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]]> 43b53159a8cf5b5453184613aecf0ec7 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:46 GMT This Is Your Brain on a Hot Streak http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204642604577215133261921346.html What leads investors to fixate on the market\'s short-term return as if it were predictive of the long-term future?

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]]> bd9075fc94987571e1fa3b24c90da833 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:45 GMT Insider Bill Passes With New Backers http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203646004577213022335207102.html The STOCK Act to curb insider trading on Capitol Hill moves forward after a series of articles in The Wall Street Journal. With Michael Rothfeld.

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]]> b1677d637e0b13a3b9d30f4878574f41 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:42 GMT A Dickens of a Reminder http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/07/a-dickens-of-a-reminder/ On Charles Dickens` 200th birthday, a look back at the financial wreckage he witnessed when he toured the U.S. in 1842.

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]]> 999c56bafd4cf2b1a8e0c7935656afcb Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:41 GMT Mark Zuckerberg: CEO for Life? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/06/mark-zuckerberg-ceo-for-life/ Facebook`s IPO prospectus dwells on management tenure and compensation. Investors should, too.

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]]> 9d230cb0baf270e77e88a3acd4294ade Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:09 GMT Facebook and the St. Petersburg Paradox http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204662204577200862677176998.html How much should investors be willing to pay for a company whose growth prospects seem almost unlimited?

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]]> f6497fac5b9966c0f4271927e1f2cf42 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:40 GMT Who Are You Calling Birdbrain? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/02/who-you-calling-birdbrain/ Our exclusive interview with the racing pigeon that was just auctioned for $328,000.

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]]> e5f0aad08e75a15ed9f0c6b778dd6c04 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:39 GMT Facebook Prospectus: The Word Cloud http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/02/01/facebook-prospectus-the-word-cloud-2/ What does the relative frequency of words used in the prospectus for Facebook`s pending IPO say about its prospects? You decide.

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]]> 26c543627245ac3372f83f617bcc91af Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:44 GMT Are Pension Forecasts Way Too Sunny? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185440666871560.html For many pension plans to meet their projections, the stock market needs to grow at nearly 14% a year. Dream on.

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]]> c0caa72093fd416ece8dfe3864dc6d41 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:41 GMT Can You Sum Up Your Investing Philosophy in 10 Words? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/27/can-you-sum-up-your-investing-philosophy-in-10-words/ Famous investors -- and regular readers -- boil their beliefs down to 10 words or less.

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]]> 18efaf38b6f114a60d9630068f165010 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:33 GMT `We`re No. 1,` Says Suze Orman`s Newsletter Guru. Is He Right? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/25/were-no-1-says-suze-ormans-newsletter-guru-is-he-right/ A look at the complicated rationale used by Mark Grimaldi to claim a No. 1 performance ranking for his newsletter.

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]]> 38a7f5884e164316d6bc97c11637137d Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:32 GMT Suze Orman Zaps Newsletter Returns http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/23/suze-orman-zaps-newsletter-returns/ The money diva takes down reported results after questions from The Wall Street Journal.

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]]> 36d1a4a9cf5310ff4b72909f02799f01 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:36:31 GMT Should Suze Orman`s Newsletter Partner Be Pumping His Ratings? http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/23/should-suze-ormans-newsletter-partner-be-pumping-his-ratings/ A look at how the money diva`s partner represented his Morningstar ratings.

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]]> 95c4fd49dbfddf74f9e82341202056c9 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:43 GMT Meet Suze Orman`s Newsletter Guru http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203750404577173344073389960.html Is the investing partner of personal-finance diva Suze Orman really No. 1 in performance?

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]]> 20a2e0a070aa0ee6778b969f253ad1cb Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:40 GMT Auditing the Auditors http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/19/auditing-the-auditors/ What can investors do to guard against sloppy accounting?

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]]> f19e976fec91bfd6fac3911be62921a1 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:39 GMT NYSE to Brokers: Hey, No Gambling in the Casino! http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/18/nyse-to-brokers-hey-no-gambling-in-the-casino/ The New York Stock Exchange sternly reminds its members that `certain gambling activities` are `strictly prohibited.`

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]]> 9621a9aea3d41a0d3ac0f9e225367c49 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:42 GMT One Cure for Accounting Shenanigans http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203721704577159062085026058.html When 11% of the companies in the S&P 500-stock index have used the same auditing firm for at least a half-century, isn`t it high time that accountants had term limits?

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]]> 3ee35930120eb650f2dd3b20f0b1504e Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:38 GMT The Case Against Shareholder Rights http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/12/the-case-against-shareholder-rights/ Does ownership have its privileges?

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]]> f2b14ca78ddfb6303a912c52ff560e04 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:37 GMT Corporate Pensions Are in Trouble, Too http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/12/corporate-pensions-are-in-trouble-too/ Pension-funding shortfalls will take a bite out of companies` earnings.

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]]> 737a75d7ccda052939769c41ca1bb5e8 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:36 GMT Inefficient, Schminefficient http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/11/inefficient-schminefficient/ What evidence is there that markets other than blue-chip stocks are easier to beat? Not much.

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]]> 519e4d013ebfb94781bcf2f6e8a28e85 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:41 GMT Will New Tools Help Small Shareholders Topple Giants? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204331304577144920619220332.html Social networks are arising that might give individual investors new powers at corporate annual meetings.

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]]> c2ff5b14ecd8a21f834de684f4ad7390 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:57:35 GMT How Weird Is Ron Paul`s Portfolio http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/01/05/how-weird-is-ron-pauls-portfolio/ Another round in the debate over the gold-laden investment portfolio of presidential candidate Ron Paul.

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]]> d54b75f2adebbc62757116f5634e9de4 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:32:40 GMT Ready to Try On Mr. Buffett`s Shoes http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577116853073660824.html How did Ted Weschler, Warren Buffett`s new investing deputy, get the job? (Co-written with Steve Eder.)

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]]> 50c6c6f9e1e18e719da9581baad630ec Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:05:08 GMT Lawmakers Lose in Markets http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203899504577126940157408980.html Amid the insider-trading scandal on Capitol Hill, are itchy-fingered members of Congress any good at trading? (With Brody Mullins and Tom McGinty.)

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]]> 1f2178f0c4ecb058135911c3da722144 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:54 GMT Now That`s Performance Art http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577116352886527644.html How hedge funds pump up performance -- and fees -- in the year-end ritual of `window dressing.`

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]]> d7846c838abbd1d54c2b3a63b4c5fedb Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:54:29 GMT The Ron Paul Portfolio http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2011/12/21/the-ron-paul-portfolio/ A look at the investments of presidential candidate Ron Paul, whose portfolio certainly practices what he preaches.

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]]> c00aa104db1777a7b2fc02ed6053b841 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:54:28 GMT Kicking the Can Down the Road http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2011/12/21/kicking-the-can-down-the-road/ An essay on the phrase that suddenly has become the universal way to describe the lack of progress on the world`s financial problems.

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]]> 0965dc2f6179c85317f7f3ba6a16903e Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:53 GMT Can Annual Reports Save Lives? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203733304577102412994084008.html In one of the oddest outcomes of the financial crisis, U.S. securities regulators are now in the business of policing human rights in Africa.

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]]> cf3c62a5088c305f1e12ab7a9013180e Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:54:27 GMT Keeping Up With the Wangs http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2011/12/14/keeping-up-with-the-wangs/ Judging your investment success by your wealth relative to other people has spread to China.

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]]> 22f167f291ea951a08b26144050c36ba Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:54:26 GMT Why a Financial-Transaction Cost Could Backfire http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2011/12/13/why-a-financial-transaction-tax-could-backfire/ Imposing a transaction tax or `Tobin tax` on high-frequency traders sounds like a great idea. But it won`t work.

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]]> 1d5a23caf966653cae7116447238dfa9 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:14:52 GMT How Small Investors Can Get Stomped http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204319004577088732068907626.html In markets dominated by computers, humans get cheap trades most of the time -- and explosively bad trades every once in a while.

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]]> 2efa2b4bfcc7d30dd14a6925e07c9124 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:54:25 GMT Wasted Away in Margaritaville http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2011/12/09/wasted-away-in-margaritaville/ The latest investing scam: tequila shares.

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