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Don't Follow The Crowd Into The Wrong Index Funds

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Currently, the most popular index funds in the United States are “currency hedged” ETFs. In this article, I explain what they are. And I try to…

Andrew Hallam

Why The World's Fastest Growing Economy Could Be The World's Worst Investment

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Everybody knows that China is the world’s fastest growing economy. What you might not know, is that investing in its stock market could be a…

Andrew Hallam

Can Your Investments Earn Strong Returns With Almost No Risk?

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Can Your Investments Earn Strong Returns With Almost No Risk? I answer “yes” to that question. Listen to the Podcast at MoneyTreePodcast.com [http://moneytreepodcast.com/…

Andrew Hallam

Why It Keeps Getting Tougher To Beat Index Funds

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Investment writer and researcher, Larry Swedroe, has anew book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S9UKXN2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&…

Andrew Hallam

Why Canada's Mutual Fund Managers Could Simply Be Bummed

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Canada’s mutual fund managers could be depressed. And why wouldn’t they be? The money they manage gets throttled by index funds. Psychologically, how could…

Andrew Hallam

An Index-Beating Strategy For Fearless Dividend Investors

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Twenty-five years ago,Michael O’Higgins [http://www.amazon.com/Beating-Revised-Updated-Michael-OHiggins/dp/0066620473/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top] began to write a book. The Miami-based…

Andrew Hallam

Three Questions That Bruise The Small Cap Performance Myth

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Most of us believe that small stocks outperform large stocks. Studies agree. But were those studies correct?  Perhaps not. Read the latest in my AssetBuilder column…

Andrew Hallam

Are Index Fund Investors Simply Smarter?

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We hear a lot about the low costs of index funds. Sure, they outperform most actively managed funds.  As a result, many people assume that those…

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Why Vanguard's Balanced Index Fund Could Be An Investor's Panacea

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You’re sitting at a fancy new restaurant. The ambience is perfect.  “Your taste buds will tango,” says the celebrated chef. The back of the menu…

Andrew Hallam

Canadians: Three Good Investment Books You've Probably Never Heard Of

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In 1973, three years before Vanguard created its first index fund, Burton Malkiel wrote the classic book,A Random Walk Down Wall Street. It ruffled plenty…

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