Wealth Management Exchange - Articles - Global Stock and Bond Investing

Investment Outlook: Top Market Strategists See Steady Growth in 2010

no@spam.com ( The Editors of Wealth Management Exchange) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:06:45 MST

J.P. Morgan's Dr. David Kelly believes "some of the best investment opportunities may lie in considering not what could possibly go wrong, but rather what will probably go right."

Collaring Stock Positions Can Reduce Risk

no@spam.com (Libby Dubick) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:05:37 MST

While accumulating stock in a growing company has created wealth for many investors, it can also create an investment risk when it results in a concentrated position. Collars can help reduce this risk.

Lessons from Brazil: Why Is It Bouncing Back While Other Markets Stumble?

no@spam.com (Knowledge@Wharton ) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:38:17 MST

The World Bank predicts that if Brazil continues on the path it is on now, it will move from being the tenth largest economy in the world today to the fifth largest by 2016

Impact Of Dubai Crisis May Yet Unfold

no@spam.com ( The Editors of Wealth Management Exchange) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:30:24 MST

We have learned not to take at face value assurances that any financial crisis is small and contained.

The Impact of High-frequency Trading: Manipulation, Distortion or a Better-functioning Market?

no@spam.com (Knowledge@Wharton ) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:24 MDT

According to Wharton's Marshall Blume ordinary individual investors with long-term buy-and-hold strategies need not fear that high-frequency traders' profits are coming out of their pockets, because those billions represent tiny sums spread over millions and millions of trades.

Is the Stock Market Overvalued?

no@spam.com (Michael Lewitt) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:15:19 MDT

As long as companies can obtain credit at a reasonable cost and on terms they can live with, the economy should continue to slog along and take the stock market along with it.

1998-2008 - The Worst Decade in Stock Investing, or Was It?

no@spam.com (Franck Prissert) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:43:07 MDT

Investors have seen both the highs and lows of investing in the market during the past decade. How does this compare with previous periods of market volatility and what does this historical perspective reveal about future market performance?

How The Credit Crunch Impacts Earnings and Investments

no@spam.com (Eleanor Bloxham) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:11:24 MDT

A dramatic divergence in credit risk disclosure in a particular year should send a red flag to any investor about the quality of reporting of the firm (and the job being performed by the auditors).

The Next Black Hole?

no@spam.com (Michael Lewitt) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:28:14 MDT

"Dark pools" are under fire because they put private investors at a disadvantage. These electronic trading networks allow institutional investors to conceal their identities as well as the number of shares they are buying or selling.

How's Your Portfolio Doing? Seven Long-Term Indicators

no@spam.com (Steve Selengut) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:03:34 MDT

Before Wall Street and the media combined to make investors think of calendar quarters as "short-term" and and single years as "long-term", market cycles were used as true tests of investment strategies over the long haul.