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The Big Picture for the Week of September 5, 2010

2010/09/04
By Roger Nusbaum
The Big Picture for the Week of September 5, 2010

The Wall Street Journal posted an article about ETFs which made a point that I have been making here and at the Street.com for years which is about the need to look under the hood of any ETFs you study or buy to see what the largest holdings are and de...
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Amazing Dog Story

2010/09/03
By Roger Nusbaum
Amazing Dog Story

This is about a dog that United Animal Friends (the rescue my wife volunteers for) adopted out not too long ago.The new owner of the dog is an older lady, and was feeling very sleepy one day and tried to lay down to rest/take a nap but dog would not le...
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Friday Tidbits

2010/09/03
By Roger Nusbaum
Friday Tidbits

First up is that discount brokerage Charles Schwab, where we custody client assets, is making meaningful progress with regard to accessing foreign stocks. Very soon, possibly this month, Schwab will make foreign ordinary shares available through the we...
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A Real Black Swan…

2010/09/02
By Roger Nusbaum
A Real Black Swan…

...If it is true which I cannot vouch for but this is fascinating and something I have to say I have never thought of. A reader who goes by the name Paul H. M. at Seeking Alpha left the following comment on a post by George Speicher.We're not really de...
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Market? Up Of Course!

2010/09/01
By Roger Nusbaum
Market? Up Of Course!

Apparently it is all good!Hollah!
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Cycles and Risk

2010/09/01
By Roger Nusbaum
Cycles and Risk

The segment on CNBC, right before the close yesterday, featured commentary from Rick Bensignor and David Darst. There were a couple of points made in the segment that seem to have been accepted as truthisms that I think are actually counter-productive....
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ETF Filings Portfolio

2010/08/31
By Roger Nusbaum
ETF Filings Portfolio

A thought occurred to me the other day as I was looking at the filings page on the IndexUniverse weekly ETF Watch. It might be interesting to create a portfolio from some of the funds that are in registration. To be clear these funds do no exist (yet) ...
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Dark Side Of The Equities Moon

2010/08/30
By Roger Nusbaum
Dark Side Of The Equities Moon

Albert Edwards was quoted (or maybe paraphrased is a better word) this weekend by both Alan Abelson and Prieur du Plessis with some dire price targets for the S&P 500. Neither post provided links but there were two different numbers; Abelson said E...
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The Big Picture for the Week of August 29, 2010

2010/08/28
By Roger Nusbaum
The Big Picture for the Week of August 29, 2010

A couple of observations about a couple of individual stocks.The first stock to mention is Intel (INTC). It made news yesterday for a revenue warning and it made news a few days ago for its intention to buy McAfee (MFE). The idea behind the take over, ...
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Solving Our Own (Spending) Problems

2010/08/27
By Roger Nusbaum
Solving Our Own (Spending) Problems

Yesterday I had a quick but interesting chat with an acquaintance about spending in retirement and the issue that too many people have with spending beyond their means. In the conversation I think I hit on a couple of things that could be useful for pe...
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