Fund Investors Have Been a Steadying Force If the stock market’s 2020 gyrations bothered them, the numbers don’t show it. John Rekenthaler Dec 14, 2020
Who Saved the U.S. Stock Market Last Spring? The help came from an unexpected source. John Rekenthaler Dec 10, 2020
Some Bond Funds Grow Their Capital Bases, Some Do Not How the industry's 1999 bond-fund leaders have since performed. John Rekenthaler Dec 7, 2020
From the Archives: Evaluating Cryptocurrencies as an Investment If the speculation is removed, is there anything left? John Rekenthaler Dec 3, 2020
3 Reasons to Own Bonds Directly And three reasons to choose bond funds instead. John Rekenthaler Nov 30, 2020
DFA Is Paying the Price for Its Conviction However, the company's difficulties will likely be short-lived. John Rekenthaler Nov 25, 2020
Tesla Finally Joins the S&P 500 Thereby making the index even more concentrated, high-growth, and volatile. John Rekenthaler Nov 19, 2020
From the Archives: Why Growth Stocks Are Winning Surprisingly, the reason relates to income inequality. John Rekenthaler Nov 12, 2020
How Will Stock Buybacks Affect Future Market Returns? The answer is otherwise than appears at first impression. John Rekenthaler Nov 9, 2020
Can Warren Buffett Forecast the Stock Market? Yes he can, and perhaps accurately. John Rekenthaler Nov 5, 2020
3 Lessons About Stock Funds, From the Coronavirus Crisis Something old, something new, and something out of the blue. John Rekenthaler Nov 2, 2020
A Stock Market Bubble Is Forming However, it has not (yet) become a mania. John Rekenthaler Oct 29, 2020
What is the Neutral Portfolio? Balanced funds are the standard, but with little justification. John Rekenthaler Oct 26, 2020
When One Fund Company Buys Another Such deals rarely benefit fund shareholders. John Rekenthaler Oct 22, 2020
Retirement Income: Assessing the Odds Graduating from a spreadsheet to simulations. John Rekenthaler Oct 19, 2020
The Retirement Income Puzzle When outperforming your portfolio's withdrawal rate isn't enough. John Rekenthaler Oct 15, 2020
How Have U.S. Household Incomes Fared? Judging by the cold data, as opposed to hot air. John Rekenthaler Oct 12, 2020
The Math for Retirement Income Keeps Getting Worse Revisiting the 4% withdrawal rule. John Rekenthaler Oct 8, 2020
Considering Bond Alternatives: Preferred Stocks and Utilities Higher income and likely better returns, but with greater risk. John Rekenthaler Oct 5, 2020