Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | 5:59 pm ET Jul. 24, 2015 If it seems your airplane tickets cost too much this summer or your bank is overcharging you at the ATM, you might think about blaming your mutual fund. That’s the startling—or maybe head-scratching—contention of some recent research that argues the top money-management companies...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | 12:13 pm ET July 17, 2015 Gold is supposed to be a haven amid hard times and soft money. So why, even as Greece has defaulted, the euro has sunk against the dollar, and the Chinese stock market has stumbled, has gold been sitting there like a pet rock? Trading this week below $1,150 an ounce, the yellow...
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Image credit: “The Forging of the Heads,” Johann Theodor de Bry, engraving after Karel van Mander, 1611, Rijksmuseum. By Jason Zweig | July 15, 2015 10:14 p.m. ET In this video interview with Scott Huettel for the CFA Institute, we discuss the neuroscience of investment decision-making. Chair of the department of psychology and...
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Image Credit: “King Canute Rebukes His Courtiers,” engraving, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, late 19th century, Wikimedia Commons By Jason Zweig | 7:40 am ET July 10, 2015 In your heart, you probably hope the Chinese government will succeed in its stunning interventions this past week to stay the panic on China’s stock exchanges. In your...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | July 11, 2009 11:59 p.m. ET As of June 30,U.S. stocks have underperformed long-term Treasury bonds for the past five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. Still, brokers and financial planners keep reminding us, there’s almost never been a 30-year period since 1802 when stocks have underperformed bonds. These...
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