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• How to Protect Your Investments from Yourself

  By Allan Roth | Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments

  When it comes to investing, the three enemies that pose the biggest threat to our success are killer markets, professionals that claim to help us, and ourselves. Wall Street Journal columnist, Jason Zweig, shows us how to conquer these enemies in his new book, The Little Book of Safe Money.

• Is Now the Right Time to Get Back Into The Stock Market?

  By Allan Roth | Nov 16, 2009 | 8 comments

  This is a common question I get. Often it comes in the form of a sophisticated question like "is this the right stock market re-entry point? My answer is a definite "NO!"

• A New Exciting Investing Platform - Kapitall

  By Allan Roth | Nov 12, 2009 | 0 comments

  A new securities trading platform that's "a form of play." Is this a good thing?

• It’s Not How Much You Pay in Costs, It’s the Total Return That Matters

  By Allan Roth | Nov 10, 2009 | 10 comments

  It's pretty hard to argue with this statement that Wall Street often touts. While true, it's a completely irrational statement.

• An Interview with Ric Edelman - Is High Cost Indexing an Oxymoron?

  By Allan Roth | Nov 6, 2009 | 10 comments

  Ric Edelman is now an indexer. But what's a fair price to pay to develop an index portfolio? What if it comes with non-investment advice such as whether you should pay off the mortgage?

• Investing — The Importance of Knowing What We don’t Know

  By Allan Roth | Nov 2, 2009 | 4 comments

  William Bernstein's new book, "The Investor's Manifesto" is the one book that comes with a "guarantee" that actually works. Here are a few lessons from this "must-read" book.

• Lessons from Five New Imaginary ETFs

  By Allan Roth | Oct 27, 2009 | 10 comments

  There are many new ETFs being launched to follow what has been hot. My ETFs will do just the opposite.

• Why We Think It’s So Easy to Find a Top Performing Mutual Fund

  By Allan Roth | Oct 23, 2009 | 3 comments

  Top performing mutual funds are all over the newspapers and the web. Here's an advertisement you'll never see but wish you had.

• Fact Check - Even THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Perpetuates Investing Myth

  By Allan Roth | Oct 20, 2009 | 2 comments

  Quoting the S&P 500 as if it represents the stock market is misleading. But if you strip out dividends and only quote the index returns, it makes an easy bogey for the financial industry to beat.

• Retirement Planning Most of Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About

  By Allan Roth | Oct 15, 2009 | 0 comments

  You are right to be distrustful of retirement advice. Here's where you can get the most objective advice on the planet.

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