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It’s Slow Going, but Stuff Like Wheat and Oil Can Spice Up Your Returns
Investing in commodities can pay off. Just don’t expect to get rich quick.
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Overconfidence: An Autobiography
Finding out you’re not the smartest person in the room is a shock, but it’s the best thing that can ever happen to you. Trying not to think you know more than you do is a lifelong struggle.
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Move Over Viagra Ads, Here Come the Financial Advisers
The SEC could soon let investment advisors hire celebrity endorsers. What could possibly go wrong?
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Markets Where Only Fools Rush in
Brazil, China and other fast-growing emerging markets look like the path to scorching returns. Don’t chase them when they’re hot.
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Ironing Out an Investing Mystery
‘Earnings management’ has become even more widespread in emerging markets than in developed markets like the U.S.
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Total Return Is a Technology
For today’s investors, even the worst imaginable markets will work out better than they would have in the “good old days.”
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Sometimes the Stock Market Needs ‘Knights of Faith’
It’s a lot easier than it used to be to recover your losses after the market takes a tumble.
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Putting the Buy-and-Hold Gospel to the Ultimate Test
Think you know the lessons from ‘Black Monday’? Think again.
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Time for Advisers to Speak to Us in Plain English
The SEC is making financial information simpler. But it’s not yet simple enough.
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When God Is Your Portfolio Manager
Biblically responsible investing is booming, as some Christians move to match their faith with their portfolios and financial planning.