Here is a collection of articles from and about third quarter 2011:
What Happened This Summer?
This summer many things that should do better over a long-term investment strategy did not. This situation is not unusual for one quarter’s worth of time. Such a result only makes reversion to the mean much more likely in the coming quarters.
This Time is (Not) Different
Growing investor despair that somehow we have entered into a new era in which individual investors can no longer make money in the markets is an overreaction to the headlines.
Money Questions: Fleeing to Fixed Income
How to Maximize Long-Term Returns
August 22, 2011
I recently read two articles that provided insight on how investors should respond to a market downturn.
Mailbag: Should I buy puts if I’m worried about the market?
Family Affair
September 28, 2011
Father George Marotta and son David John Marotta were featured in an article in Financial Planning magazine.
Rich Dad, Patient Daughter
With money in my pocket and impulse in my veins, I used to cherish our weekly trips to Toys ‘R’ Us. However, it was on the Barbie aisle under my parents guidance that I became a money savvy kid with the millionaire mindset.
The Hedging Game
Mailbag: How can there be more sellers than buyers?
September 1, 2011