Jason Zweig Articles & Advice: Learn How to Become a Better Investor http://www.jasonzweig.com/articles.php Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:05:40 GMT Feed43 Proxy/1.0 (www.feed43.com) 360 eccbe3dc59a4679a088da8611b0d5cc1 Why One Legendary Investor Is More Worried Than Ever http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704167704575258442772338282.html The great value investor Seth Klarman explains why being smart in one dimension may no longer be enough.

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]]> a81b0ac500d9e9e6ecb083f65cbe4c87 When ‘Stop-Loss’ Trades Backfire on Investors http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703950804575242942496526282.html A technique intended to keep you safe can put you in danger when you least expect it. A news story with Mary Pilon and Karen Blumenthal.

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]]> c83044a29f72ad5c7187682a70d15a46 Volatility Is Your Friend http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703950804575242574125990754.html Strategies that can turn market crashes into opportunities. (A news story with Kelly Greene, Laura Saunders, Anne Tergesen and Jane Kim.)

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]]> 4d58744009db80b357ee87547dcdd238 Holding Brokers to a Higher Standard http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704414504575244621048180014.html Why won`t Congress require brokers to have a fiduciary duty toward clients?

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]]> 9c3a9addffb00b072b343f81890c8e9c When the Global Debt Shuffle Hits Home http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704292004575230601932486166.html What the Greek crisis and the market swoon are telling us.

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]]> 8d2b23de0c381c2441f81cd947b3b16a Lenders Want Their Money from Chinese Milk Supplier http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704866204575224763824551400.html With millions of cash gone and its executives missing, what happened at China Milk? A news story with Carolyn Cui.

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]]> d42dbc2959c54c6683a02fd449d574e4 For Bill on Lawmaker Trading, Delay Is Long and Short of It http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704866204575224631314927058.html A bill that would restrict insider trading by members of Congress is going nowhere in Congress. A news story with Brody Mullins.

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]]> 712966344d3e511e0974d0eb460352ab Lawmakers Bet on Fall in Stocks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703871904575216491495135642.html Even as they criticized leverage and short-selling, members of Congress used leverage to short-sell U.S. markets during the financial crisis. A Page One news story with Tom McGinty and Brody Mullins.

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]]> 531a8781f84554bf84ffd1856ad340f4 How the Little Guy Can Prey on Executive Pay http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704093204575216562459639530.html Can you turn the tables on CEOs and their fat paychecks?

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]]> 196671e07e5154f9b04c0cedaf2b0219 Full Disclosure: Most Risks Hide in Plain Sight http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388304575202280469112698.html Would better disclosure have discouraged investors from buying from Goldman Sachs?

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]]> 0a84c7da43a4c249f782df361fd62727 Watch Out for Hidden Tax Traps Inside ETFs http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304628704575186433316749798.html A look at the tricky tax rules on commodity and currency ETFs.

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]]> 174a1d291d2c74b1b901f6ae74fb1cb5 A Perk of Power: Trading in Companies You Oversee http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304703104575174124009720464.html Unlike just about everybody else, members of Congress can trade whatever and whenever they want.

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]]> 46d29fef9caa83bb80c9dada9ad2116d Time to Take Stock of the Recent Market Rallies http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304871704575160190948059722.html When stocks go up, your enthusiasm needs to go down.

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]]> a724c9c8ed8b6201a3812d5f1a8a40ba Consuelo Mack WealthTrack http://wealthtrack-appletv.blip.tv/file/3435887/ A joint interview on public television, with Charles D. Ellis, on the lessons of the crash.

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]]> 344ab0e5fa341dc39d998837ce31d4ac What Makes a Good Investor? http://www.bluemarbleresearch.com/btsb/Zweig.mp3 An audio interview with Vinny Catalano of Blue Marble Research.

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]]> 84e6094c5c05458a6af9bcd75885dc3b Why Fund Managers’ Hot Performance Isn’t So Hot http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703416204575145703078176296.html Have markets suddenly gotten easy to beat?

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]]> cb32887570e682d6722b5c9b5fe05376 What`s in a Name: If It’s ‘China,’ a Pick-Me-Up http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704534904575131700104302706.html Why sticking ‘China’ onto a stock’s name makes it go up.

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]]> 93493974b51f412c1d029e9b5927885b Why You Should Get a Bigger Slice of Earnings http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447104575117712727580250.html When will companies fork over higher dividends to investors?

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]]> 71a4fe7bd3590dbdca01aa2cea65c670 Tech Companies Won, Investors Lost http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704145904575111952082691926.html Ten years on, the lesson of the Internet bubble: Uncertainty is good.

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]]> 21164132b1db3b92e4fe9a0a7ea3e8d8 A Star Trader Who Rarely Ever Traded http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575103471269923964.html What investors can learn from Jack Laporte of T. Rowe Price.

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]]> 4d40088994a929d6d19ffee8dbbad481 Brokers Win, Investors Lose Key Reform http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940704575089413832399630.html Why isn’t Congress holding brokers to a higher standard of fiduciary duty?

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]]> 7c21700e4e600e83a6ca3c25530a610b High Yields Aren’t Always a Good Thing http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704269004575073781963001438.html The fat dividends on closed-end funds can get skinny in a hurry.

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]]> 85d90459cf7952103a95b367f95f794e Behavioral Finance: What Can Investors Learn from Their Mistakes? http://www.cfawebcasts.org/modules/catalog/CourseDetails.aspx?ProductGroupID=7445 A video discussion, with Gregory Seals of the CFA Institute, on the pitfalls of risk perception, where investors went wrong, and how Wall Street needs to change. (Free registration required.)

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]]> db814d58f7530849d3a0245522103d21 High Trading Is Bad News for Investors http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704337004575059960489864970.html Why investors, including big institutions, keep acting like traders.

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]]> 48c8669e7f529dcb2cf303e28c26e665 Will We Ever Again Trust Wall Street? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704878904575031442147996562.html What would it take for burned investors to return to the markets?

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]]> 708d098fb3a9b9656ad0db3f34118182 Placing Your Investing Chips in the Right Countries http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704343104575033103904554046.html Is the global map of your portfolio lopsided?

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]]> c39e896b389ed7698e994d58aed681cf Will New Rules Tame the Wall Street Tiger? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703822404575019423049886674.html How financial regulation might be redesigned with the lessons of history in mind.

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]]> 0a6f069ecbc525b98543ef9a8ef776fc Why Many Investors Keep Fooling Themselves http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704381604575005291706758502.html How come even “experts” have foolishly high expectations for stock returns?

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]]> 44390388a1f3e1b16ea1c524e877ff92 Inefficient Markets Are Still Hard to Beat http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703535104574646530815302374.html Markets may not be efficient, but that doesn`t make beating them easy.

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]]> 583cea47d21b52e0b3a65bf24b4d4c4e Does Golden Pay for the CEOs Sink Stocks? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704718204574615950355411042.html Why it makes so little sense to pay tens of millions of dollars to corporate bosses.

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]]> 2dcbfede6a22adb448590413f7e2ba37 The Financial Year in Review http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/12/25/mm-2009yearinreview/ A roundtable discussion with Tess Vigeland of Public Radio`s Marketplace.

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]]> e33911ea5fe5adcef6fd96cc333b67ba Will 12b-1 Fees Ever Stop Bugging Investors? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704247504574604291928484478.html What should the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission do about mutual-fund marketing fees?

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]]> 292e16266502afd5a7f66512c9902951 Remembrances: Christopher H. Browne, 1946-2009: A Career of Finding Value http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703438404574598442025375858.html An obituary for a leading value investor.

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]]> b724ca20e29d8616ef5066120971fae8 Reach for Stock Yield, and You Might Just Get Bitten http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704201404574590030886119694.html The difference between fixed income and dividend income, and why it matters.

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]]> 7967036a33b8c3956075c174e1584ed7 Why Turning the Page on a CEO Isn`t Always a Panacea http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735004574575880529756434.html A look at the belief that corporate destiny is controlled by the boss.

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]]> d64ec7bcb9fc9d416fd41f8c38978e95 Are You Too Late for the Junk-Bond Party? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704498804574562032390248404.html In pursuit of income, should you bail out of money-market funds and CDs to buy high-yield bonds?

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]]> 6c2feecd9847e4b7bb48f46eace8c000 More Stocks Do Not Always Make a Portfolio Safer http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704533904574548003614347452.html New research reveals a surprise: Some portfolios are riskier with 20 or 30 stocks than they were with just one.

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]]> adb64e9bd6e8557e12a41877dbd4ae07 How to Ignore the Yes-Man in Your Head http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703811604574533680037778184.html Why confirmation bias is such a problem for investors, and what to do about it.

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]]> b47efb01e20d7be0021eb27ebaf7cc91 Are ETFs Causing an Emerging-Markets Bubble? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125754825097734691.html Is too much ``mindless money`` inflating the prices of stocks in the developing world?

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]]> 7160e8451f6b0820816db8ef57725b55 Behind Buffett’s Decision, a Lesson from a Mentor http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125730420370927171.html What Mr. Graham taught Mr. Buffett about cash.

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]]> aee571264e445293f8255c487f158ce5 Can Angel Investors Earn Heavenly Returns? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125694047773419513.html It`s a very good time to become a mini-venture capitalist. It`s also a good time to think twice before you do.

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]]> b446b4f9666e9083c97bf025f5be85a2 Staying Calm in a World of Dark Pools and Dark Doings http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125633417039504555.html What should investors make of insider trading, `flash` orders and `dark pools`?

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]]> aea4b9c6588bf0fe91348f27008e99b0 Is Buy and Hold Dead? http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=312390&t1=1257558702 An interview with Morningstar`s Christine Benz.

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]]> e8c496f76e0918056996a0be91fb741c Take off the Blinders When It Comes to Fees http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125572931566890799.html Why individual and professional investors alike pay too little attention to how much they pay for money management.

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]]> f553911e3d34ee08c98c241948e2be99 Teach Yourself to Be a Better Investor http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=311658 An interview with Morningstar’s Christine Benz

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]]> acf9534741ef745937ee2e9071288ffe Don`t Let a Market Crash Hit You at the Finish Line http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125513033586977149.html Does the risk of owning stocks really decline over time?

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]]> f0cd46be83490950dd29a61d4bb159f0 Drought of Credit Hampers Recovery http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125494200332471373.html A Page One news story (with Tom Lauricella and Conor Dougherty) on how hard it has become for businesses and consumers to manage their debts and to obtain new capital.

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]]> 8d958a0c7d941b1acbdfd28a292d7fd1 Transferring Wealth via the Bank of Mom and Dad http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125452042817860431.html Today`s low interest rates make some estate-planning techniques unusually attractive.

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]]> 455bb75beeb8d8b9a70165eb7960106e Keeping Bad Brokers from Fading into the Background http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125391647701442179.html Should the disciplinary record of brokers disappear two years after they leave the field?

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]]> f87692b774b2a2182acf76810e05c90e Painless Spending Can Hurt Pocketbooks http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/25/mm-checks/ A chat with Tess Vigeland of Public Radio`s ``Marketplace`` on the psychology of credit cards.

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]]> 221162ca3894ce1c77713ffca2f501c9 Don`t Trip in Your Search for Higher Bond Yields http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125330719871723837.html How to avoid the coming trouble in bond funds.

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]]> e7c8a9bc8ef7e4d6fa68ed11b38319cf Should a Shrinking Dollar Worry You? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125271048869905007.html What can American investors do to protect themselves from the declining value of the dollar?

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]]> f89926bf86b0e6e80c44586c6fcc4609 Buy-and-Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy-and-Hold http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125268187666503403.html#mod%3DWSJ_hps_MIDDLESecondNews%26articleTabs%3Darticle If buy-and-hold is dead, then what is alive?

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]]> cac474856332b3b95e6d9b34bc434653 Why Do Investors Sit Tight in 401(k)? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125209938267387389.html A look at sitting bulls: the 401(k) investors who buy stocks and then never sell.

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]]> b2fd60fb3507ce9bd456d00feaaecb6f Why Investors Need to See the Light and Slow Down http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125149410400267863.html After one of the biggest market rallies in history, now is no time to get more aggressive.

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]]> e29520f8068b079f5d1f112c55de3a9f Can the Supreme Court Undress High Fund Fees? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125029100014533353.html A new case offers the chance to improve the way fund boards set expenses.

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]]> a6c1e69aa53d2c434d155d923234416c Data Mining Isn’t a Good Bet for Stock-Market Predictions http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124967937642715417.html What butter production in Bangladesh tells us about stock returns in the U.S.

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]]> def4593e0e4c51fef73fe875bcbfdfa1 What’s Under the “Emerging” Curtain http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124846985120879989.html Emerging markets are hot. Will they stay hot?

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]]> c34ced7c8d9aaf4908c64fafb0f74e65 Using the Lottery Effect to Make People Save http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124786612839159989.html How a combination of a lotto ticket and a CD has helped raise savings among the working poor.

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]]> f64c52efe826030b473b11429a73a3e1 You’ve Got Blackmail II: AOL Responds http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/07/15/youve-got-blackmail-ii-aol-responds/ AOL says it will stop billing people for services they did not order and do not want.

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]]> 060667bb5a2911d8377285f15d4dad24 Does Stock Market Data Really Go Back 200 Years? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124725925791924871.html What many investors don`t know about stock returns `since 1802.`

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]]> 6534500fae098a62caac278bf0b2ff4e You`ve Got Blackmail: The AOL Account that Wouldn`t Die http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/07/02/youve-got-blackmail-the-aol-account-that-wouldnt-die/ How does someone get billed for services he didn`t order and doesn`t want?

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]]> 05019f29a52fd625db516e5f5f4d933a The Time to Tame Inflation is Before It Strikes http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124605287991763101.html Why Treasury Inflation Protected Securities still make sense.

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]]> 8338052ece2d759b0cabeb36f94f9b0f About Time: Regulation Based on Human Nature http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124545477468032915.html At long last, behavioral economics comes to Washington.

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]]> 44b53ae8273f5425cdcf7dcda7031484 Remembrances: Peter L. Bernstein, 1919-2009 Risk-Management Pioneer and Best-Selling Author Never Stopped Insisting Futu... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124486041357112031.html#mod%3Dtodays_us_opinion%26articleTabs%3Dcomments An obituary for the investment philosopher Peter Bernstein.

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]]> 785f3836843c33b7d2a785b97e1d05e8 Is Vanguard Sailing in Uncharted Seas? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124483951556110891.html What was behind the fund company`s bid for the iShares ETFs?

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]]> a461ac9f6356b0dda75038779729eecb Wall Street Clearance Sale Leaves Few Bargains http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124423818488390157.html With the market recovering, where can investors find good values?

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]]> 0c0293b541f89d196b6242ce0ce7d1d2 Is Your Fund Pawning Shares at Your Expense? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124363555788367705.html A peek into the shadowy world of securities lending.

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]]> 06e1f98c50af9d07250434767ad6ef39 If You Think the Worst Is Over, Take Benjamin Graham’s Advice http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124302634866648217.html In the market rebound, the worst investments have had the best returns. Don`t get carried away.

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]]> 0cd994a64f02554263f363d1884cdc01 Should Managed Futures Be in the Cards for You? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124242429895325075.html Making money in commodities is not quite as easy as it looks.

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]]> 9f8bb736238723974714ba5f73964f67 For Mother’s Day, Give Her Reins to the Portfolio http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124181915279001967.html What men could learn about investing from women.

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]]> 5b2c89451d0433cc9e41b757237aa8ba CEOs Need to Bring Investors Along for the Ride http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124121294473578541.html Some simple suggestions for reforming executive compensation.

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]]> 0a3e2c45eae04398e4195861e640a7a6 How Group Decisions End up Wrong-Footed http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124061065847354263.html Why does committee decision-making so often go awry?

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]]> ea06551e690f784d1b1203a607d3eeae Will Leveraged ETFs Put Cracks in the Market Close? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124000593149930309.html A look at whether leveraged ETFs may be responsible for higher market volatility.

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]]> 7afeadcef7c50d9ddc02a296c1879a45 Investors Face Tough Duel When Fighting Brokers http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123939571440409313.html Why arbitration can be so arbitrary from the investor`s point of view.

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]]> e64016462a22767d09475f3efc6f447e Is Your Investing Personality in Your DNA? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879381940987845.html What the emerging science of genoeconomics can tell us about investing.

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]]> 5f7b504a8f7e9b6754764e61304361f7 This Is Your Brain on Investment Advice http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/03/31/this-is-your-brain-on-investment-advice/ A blog post on the neuroscience of taking financial advice from an `expert.`

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]]> a74e62651cf5ac9a9a666eaf5b86e57d The Fight Over Who Will Guard Your Nest Egg http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123819596242261401.html Will brokers ever agree to be held to a higher `fiduciary` standard of caring for clients?

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]]> 7154c4f58b3065e4e5fc234b40b87e9c Did Your College Savings Plan Blow up on You? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758112211598861.html How 529 plans delivered just the wrong kind of education to their investors.

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]]> 51335c0b7fd46359d494febc7f4cea1e Corporate-Cash Umbrellas: Too Big for This Storm? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123698238718924581.html As Benjamin Graham warned long ago, some companies keep too much cash for your own good.

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]]> 5f1fef895efa34a745e1da11f51cf3b9 Inside the Madoff Scandal http://online.wsj.com/video/inside-the-madoff-scandal-chapter-one/81AB0844-C32E-4BA8-A97F-FE6543BF1AC9.html An online video investigation of Bernard L. Madoff`s Ponzi scheme.

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]]> f05b9a3cea335f0b1f1027adde226feb A Sign of the Times: The New Meaning of ‘Asset Management’ http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/03/12/a-sign-of-the-times-the-new-meaning-of-asset-management/ A blog post on the latest wrinkle in asset management.

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]]> f6a16af56361a629124724adc3351b37 ‘Rebalancing’ Your Portfolio Can Be a Tough Ride http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123637573235256849.html Selling some of whatever`s gone up and buying some of whatever`s gone down is a good idea. But it can`t work miracles.

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]]> 87e82d86fb3485e0fc79712293edc523 Tempest-Tossed? Take Some Control http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612913479324703.html Instead of plunging in and out with both feet, take some baby steps.

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]]> 512a5bc8cdeb4a10f16033986a71ebb9 How Managing Risk with ETFs Can Backfire http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123578237239398181.html Why the hottest investments around -- leveraged ETFs -- are too hot for just about anybody.

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]]> db5d0ee759a5c7641e7386b73aa44d77 After the Crash, Stocks May Face Long Road Back http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123561056456077505.html The markets will recover, but that recovery will probably take longer than many investors imagine.

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]]> fced9478a319152cb17f0abf1faee0af As Stock Losses Loom, Don’t Throw a ‘Hail Mary’ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123518055107638381.html Why desperate investors do desperate things, and how to avoid joining in.

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]]> 6809af4bc8c5d34f6b09f57e53d04a68 1930s Lessons: Brother, Can You Spare a Stock? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123456259622485781.html Just in case we are in for a repeat of the Great Depression, it can`t hurt to look back and see which stocks did best in the worst of times.

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]]> 3643d96a822f20be1270713b442cf778 Financial Crisis Has an Upside: ‘The Joy of Schadenfreude’ http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/02/12/wall-street-crisis-schadenfreud/ A blog post on the neuroscience of seeing the rich suffer.

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]]> 7637e834d18cd61c8b418349ec02e31d Pay Collars Won’t Hold Back Wall Street’s Big Dogs http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123396963383059235.html Why the attempts to cap pay on Wall Street can\'t work.

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]]> d793af2e1f7b21520422b024a80e9339 Should You Buy Municipal Bonds Individually or in a Fund? http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2009/02/03/should-you-buy-municipal-bonds-individually-or-in-a-fund/ A blog post on how to tell how you should own munis.

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]]> df8e0343b6caa378b6b39d39aabcccd5 Muni-Bond Bargains: The Devil’s in the Details http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123336269167335403.html Municipal bonds have been left for dead in the market, but you must shop wisely.

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]]> ded463ebeffc274b7b8bba0cdc41de1a Why Market Forecasts Keep Missing the Mark http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123275782424412007.html How just ten days out of 29,694 made all the difference, and why the prophets of doom don`t often profit.

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]]> 8cac4020b6f5aaac3d0a76c9d3b034ca Smart Money Takes a Dive on Alternative Assets http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123215608809092459.html How the world`s largest -- and supposedly smartest -- investors got suckered on private equity and hedge funds.

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]]> d624ce3c496989e763c361471fe458de Where Ezra Merkin Lost His Way http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123154725747869771.html How a famed value investor ended up ensnared in Bernie Madoff`s Ponzi scheme.

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]]> 1bf95ecfb713ae9c3f3b24c77a94694a Investing Experts Urge ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123093692433550093.html Even the best investing minds find taking even the best advice easier said than done.

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]]> b64663acfc53356e9b13463cc808e093 Financial Pressure Is a Family-Room Topic, Too http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123033755903236445.html How families can manage the stress of financial losses and economic pressures.

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]]> e4de44c41ae6149b5122b416668c5a40 Pay Attention to That Window Behind the Curtain http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122973369481523187.html A look at the perennial problem of year-end `windowdressing` by fund managers.

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]]> 804850f0580521787d95e28210076dec How Bernie Madoff Made Smart Folks Look Dumb http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912266389002855.html Why `sophisticated investor` is such an oxymoron.

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]]> 199ee0ebd932a537249270aeff18f1c6 Giving Your Portfolio a Year-End Face Lift http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122851603042483909.html Some ways to turn a market crash to your advantage.

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]]> b64e119cbd7eb8730b3cb289bd66feef Stocks Are Less of Your Net Worth Than You Think http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122790995714865339.html Thoughts on tallying up the toll that the market decline has taken on your net worth.

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]]> eba6a34b482cc23a446dd0694cfe5f4d Has the Pessimism Gone Too Far? http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2008/11/26/give-thanks-for-this/ A blog post that looks at the bear market in historical perspective.

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]]> 3411ff1f9bfdba48fcba1668871d1938 What a Bear Market Might Teach Us http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2008/11/25/what-a-bear-market-might-teach-us/ A blog post on how hard times might change America for the better.

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]]> 56f7891ef86205906fcb2d2d4a1548eb 1931 and 2008: Will Market History Repeat Itself? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122731594413349829.html Where is the bottom? Should you bail out before it is too late?

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]]> cf4c408f1f32c0535dead1281a2f56e2 Can the Dow Go Lower? I Hope So http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2008/11/20/can-the-dow-go-lower-i-hope-so/ A blog post on why investors should welcome, rather than fear, a further market decline.

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]]> 30799fee464e0e3f2df07cb3ea721612 Joe Investor, the Markets Are All Yours Now http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122671161003230223.html The `smart money` has turned tail and run away, creating value for anyone with cash and courage.

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]]> 78913c95a3c2ebb0cfbce6f8f4fabd22 Getting a Frazzled Mr. Market to Settle Down http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122609665696209643.html A proposal on how companies could moderate the volatility in their share prices.

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]]> d62d0668461f095b353d362c86732d18 The Other Reason for Warren Buffett’s Success http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122548632193589047.html Mr. Buffett is not just better than other market players. He also plays a different game entirely.

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]]> ace4e6db477dee0001a8e9eb3611cad7 Capitulation: When the Market Throws in the Towel http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122488709542968173.html What is market ``capitulation``? Does it make sense? Does it even exist?

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]]> bc1628d3446f9eb4e51373bc9868214a Take a Deep Breath, Turn off the TV, Calm Yourself http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122428810219346585.html Advice and techniques for controlling fear in a fearsome time.

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]]> 4e03c8bcb562eded9c34a80220be1b98 What History Tells Us About the Market http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122368241652024977.html An essay for the Weekend section of The Wall Street Journal on the real -- and illusory -- parallels between 2008 and 1932.

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]]> a8ba01ac9f24b77c109cd204a9abc9db For Investors, Dealing with a Loss of Control http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122333709375409655.html How uncertainty and panic mess with your investing mind.

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]]> d5b33344b412fe02773068cbba9cacfd Summon Your Courage and Buy Stocks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122308219778104291.html Investors should remember that when current prices go down, future returns go up.

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]]> 4fdc254a3e5d26e0b7a42d2132715bd3 The Depression of 2008? Don’t Count on It http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122272238714287459.html Will this recession get as bad as the Great Depression? That would be very bad.

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]]> 2fac5031640517cbf2c6799e16da6edf Wall Street Lays Egg with Its Nest Eggs http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122246399496280083.html Those who give advice do not always take it.

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]]> a7f052353b4f5d3c68a8909274dc27e2 Of Market Knights and Fairy Tales http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122186784815658973.html?mod=yahoo_free Stocks are not about to have a magical recovery.

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]]> 2cc4c7927a494dc34fc5d9e39e7c53b6 Why the Obvious Isn’t Inevitable (How to Handle a Market Gone Mad) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152121190739301.html The future is often least knowable when it seems most certain.

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]]> 35c03f656680c191d2f10122b884cd3c Should You Fear the Ostrich Effect? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122125886256030143.html Bulls and bears aren`t alone in the menagerie; we`re all ostriches now.

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]]> c9ee6650ed9cf7d8c69cf819d0ce9dfe If You Bet on the Election, Don`t Use Real Money http://interactive.wsj.com/article/SB122065839024405687.html?mod=Markets27_1 Is there anything to the ``Presidential Cycle``?

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]]> 2bfcf849ac833a27ce13f6395fe54a16 With Buybacks, Look Before You Leap http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122005273251785043.html It`s not always good news when companies buy back their shares

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]]> 4bce8b9f0570c9c40a2066d6a1aa339a Psyching Yourself up to Let Losers Go http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944445208164839.html When you buy and hold, you don`t have to use a death grip

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]]> 83eb9a88444659d2e3f2e3e1cf471053 What to Do When Your Fancy ETF Goes RIP http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121762993353705851.html The coming wave of closures in the ETF business

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]]> 2e4678e52bcc9c3f7d2c91138a92f753 Is It Time to Tiptoe Back into Financial Stocks? http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121700939198285307.html No, and here`s why

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]]> 1cf3bbc350037ead9b530496d8a0c75a How to Control Your Fears in a Fearsome Market http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121642720591866951.html Discoveries in neuroscience that can help investors think more clearly

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]]> 610b80cadf70e05e6e2fa37d717738ae Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love the Bear http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121582067258747665.html The upside of down markets

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]]> 3414dc8e9e283fe050a8b864d5774c01 Why to Steer Clear of the New Gold Rush http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/4.08Commodities.pdf Stampeding into commodities right now is one of the stupidest things an investor could do.

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]]> 6300a18a8c9a196e5a2712fc191fbb0b Why Is It So Hard to Save? http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/3.08Brain&Time.pdf New research in neuroeconomics explores how the investing brain sizes up the long-term future.

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]]> 35416a10b80f9846d6e7faad76e30af4 Why You Don`t Want to Invest like an Expert http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/28/pf/dont_expert.moneymag/?postversion=2008013110 The way some finance professors manage their money offers valuable lessons—in what not to do.

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]]> 96dd0d6605773004bef1c4cdf2d3bb10 Do The Right Thing and Make Money http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/pf/funds/ethical_investing.moneymag/index.htm?postversion=2007122116 The Good and Bad of Ethical Investing: Socially responsible funds deliver decent returns.

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]]> 5c726f1c1416169f892add3bb18708e7 How to Lose $9 Trillion in a Bull Market http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/12.07MissingTrillions.pdf That`s what bad timing cost investors over the past 25 years. But you can learn to avoid a similar fate.

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]]> d841b06e41436082e85a22c8ecab8418 Inside the Mind of the Older Investor http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/11.07Aging.pdf As the brain ages, it perceives risk differently. That can make you money -- or cost you a bundle.

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]]> 14fdd7b1089ff3dd9da3877008468aad Are You a Better Investor? http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/10.07LessonsOf35Years.pdf Over the past 35 years, investing has become simple, cheap and convenient. Now it`s a snap to build your wealth -- or destroy it.

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]]> ecccc1094f06f6cd0f0ddb10762cef40 Your Money and Your Brain http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/9.07NeuroeconomicsExcerpt.pdf An excerpt on the neuroeconomics of greed and fear from Jason Zweig`s new book.

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]]> 4effb0d09416dbe809d0a2ef9afe4c7f Master of the Imperfect Mind http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/9.07Kahneman.pdf An interview on behavioral finance with the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman.

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]]> a91e7eb5bfe29600c3b115d360e007c6 How Many Stocks Should You Own? http://www.jasonzweig.com/uploads/9.07Many.pdf The answer is a lot more, and a lot fewer, than you probably think.

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]]> edd4d825dc406d3c1e933932bac9ce10 What`s Luck Got to Do with It? http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/17/pf/miller_interview.moneymag/index.htm An interview with fund manager Bill Miller of Legg Mason Value Trust.

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]]> f87cd24780f8eb0ff5e6514b740a9681 Markets Where Only Fools Rush In http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/24/pf/funds/emergingmarkets.moneymag/index.htm Why emerging markets are not a `no-brainer.`

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]]> e432c6ac60ef1a53b489dd315e21ba60 Why We Stay Home and Why It`s a Bad Idea http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/07/01/100116659/index.htm It`s human nature to feel at ease with what`s familiar. But in investing, comfort can cost you a lot of money.

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]]> a40ac7689b017b902af4190e090efc1c Buy. Hold. Profit. Give Back. http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/19/pf/rogers_interview.moneymag/index.htm Ariel Capital`s John Rogers built an outstanding record investing in a few `great ideas` for the long run. Then he had his own idea: to launch a school to teach inner-city kids about money.

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]]> 52a1c3d0fc050b73f8965dd38f490d4c The Right Way to Handle a Surprise http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/06/01/100033990/index.htm Why a one-penny shortfall in earnings makes Wall Street go crazy, and how to keep yourself sane.

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]]> 2ca8efc0ee9807683853b0c253312196 The Man Who Explained It All http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/21/pf/sharpe.moneymag/index.htm Bill Sharpe`s pioneering theory on the interplay between investment risk and return won him a Nobel Prize. Now he wants to help you use his work to make better financial decisions.

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]]> 32bf1e2fca2c2a441059a63443f81931 You Can Handle a Crash Better than You Think http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/05/01/8405624/index.htm?postversion=2007051011 Why the fear of losing money usually feels worse than actually losing it.

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]]> 4b637cfe2a016733ee56483100f6a034 Mr. Worst-Case Scenario http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/09/real_estate/shiller.moneymag/index.htm Robert Shiller called the tech stock crash just as NASDAQ peaked. Where does he think the real estate market is headed now? Uh-oh.

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]]> 72c3a2b5d2ccafa79a42e9e0be68c0e5 Still Scolding After All These Years http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/20/pf/funds/bogle.moneymag/index.htm?postversion=2007032010 Vanguard founder Jack Bogle talks about what he has learned about investing and about getting a new lease on life with a heart transplant.

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]]> 60c0b989c7e79a0d0a01fe0602599da5 Bottoms-Up Analysis http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/04/01/8403604/index.htm?postversion=2007032315 What the ultimate liquid asset -- wine -- can teach us about investing. (With Asa Fitch.)

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]]> 083710a5aa5db1c51211af85f615a6a5 When You Wish Upon a Star http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/03/01/8400908/index.htm A new study says Morningstar`s ratings do indeed predict performance. The reason may surprise you.

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]]> 79afa3bff9c09abccddc69c7c92694fc Scholar of the Boomers` Future http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/30/magazines/moneymag/mitchell.moneymag/index.htm Olivia Mitchell has thought as deeply as anyone about this generation`s retirement. Her take: Tune out the most dire forecasts. You may be in for a pleasant surprise.

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]]> ecd2d95aa111f1ed795ad9bd7ab19def Winning the Home Run Hitter`s Game http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/02/01/8398729/index.htm An argument for swinging for the investment fences from Ralph Wanger, the legendary manager of the Acorn Fund.

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]]> 19e2817f31d18b4d9024ff5fe1476b30 Why the January Effect Is Just Slush http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/18/magazines/moneymag/zweig_janeffect.moneymag/index.htm The idea that small stocks beat big ones in January melts away once you examine it closely.

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]]> d78761b56dd4f8a73324fcdde918e090 We Talked to Chuck http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/01/01/8397411/index.htm Charles Schwab shares his thoughts on what makes investors succeed and what makes entrepreneurs tick.

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