http://netvouz.com/infor626?feed=rss&pg=40 infor626's bookmarks on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/how-many-stocks-are-needed-for-a-well-diversified-portfolio-167.htm Industry rules-of-thumb often state that 15 to 30 stocks are enough for a well-diversified portfolio. This can be very misleading. Recent studies point out infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.64/how-morningstar-ratings-for-mutual-funds-are-used-as-a-marketing-tool.html How Morningstar Ratings for mutual funds are used as a marketing tool - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, Mutual fund companies seem to exploit “four and five star only” investor beliefs. Advertising practices by mutual fund families are selective concerning which mutual fund star ratings they will advertise. You would be challenged to find any mutual fund family that advertises its one or two star rated funds, and the advertisement of a three star fund is infrequent. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.2/how-much-do-hidden-mutual-fund-trading-expenses-cost-you.html How much do hidden mutual fund trading expenses cost you? - Personal Investment Management > Cost Control and Investment Performance Improvement Articles - Financial Articles, The average mutual fund paid .27% of net assets in hidden commissions in 2001. When measured on a capitalization weighted basis, the average hidden commission cost was .19% of net assets. The effective trading costs related to the bid/ask spread and the temporary shifting of these spreads added .36% more annually in the hidden costs of the average fund. For funds with the highest turnover, hidden commission and bid/ask spread expenses exceeded 3% of assets annually. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/how-unstable-have-stock-market-returns-been-over-time-231.htm Common stock equity market returns have varied widely in the past. The common stock equity risk premium has averaged about 4.1% from 1872 to 2000. The equity infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.10/how-stable-have-common-stock-equity-risk-premiums-been-over-time.html How stable have common stock market returns been over time? - Personal Investment Management > Investment Returns and Securities Market Risk Premiums Articles - Financial Articles, The short term common stock equity premium, which averaged about 4.1% from 1872 to 2000, has varied widely in the past. Measured by decades over the past 130 years, it was over 10% in four decades, between 0% and 5% in seven decades and negative in two decades. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.52/how-stable-have-morningstar-ratings-for-mutual-funds-been-over-time.html How stable have Morningstar Ratings for mutual funds been over time? - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, Morningstar Ratings have been quite unstable over time. If an investor buys a 4 or 5 star rated fund and expects it to stay that way, he is likely to be surprised. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.category.5/securities-valuation.html How Stock and Bond Markets Value Investment Securities - Personal Investment Management - Financial Articles, Securities market prices provide a forward looking consensus on the value of traded securities. 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This article summarizes Morningstar’s new Morningstar Rating* methods as defined in its publications. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/how-to-lie-with-statistics-investment-performance-charts-113.htm How to lie with statistics: Investment performance charts - A Tip from The Skilled Investor Darrell Huff wrote a short and very informative book, How to Lie infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.261/how-to-lie-with-statistics-investment-performance-charts-part-1.html How to lie with statistics: Investment performance charts (Part 1 of 2) - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry > Are Your Best Interests the Same as the Financial Services Industry? - Financial Articles, Historical investment performance charts for investment funds might be historically accurate, but their presentation in advertising, on line, and in printed materials can amount to lies from several perspectives. Performance charts are designed to lure gullible individual investors with an implied promise that superior past performance will continue. The financial research literature tells us clearly that on average this is a promise that cannot be kept. In other words, historical performance charts are a veiled lie. They... infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT