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Avoid Unintended Stock Market Bets by Understanding Benchmarks
In a recent Financial Planning article,[1] Craig Israelsen advocated using stock market size segments to construct portfolios rather than a total market approach. His conclusion may be perfectly valid for market participants willing and able to bear greater small-stock exposure, but his analysis fails to adequately take account of this source of risk. He compared…
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Creating a Performance Tailwind
Some stock selection schemes seem silly. This weekend’s Wall Street Journal reports the results of two hypothetical portfolios which are clearly intended to be nonsensical. One example, the so-called “Graham and Buffett Portfolio” comprises stocks whose ticker symbols consist only of the letters found in the names “Benjamin Graham” and “Warren Buffett.” Silly it may sound, but…
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