For years, there’s been growing concern about the top-heavy nature of the U.S. market. Today, just 10 stocks account for 35% of the total value of the S&P 500. And while the largest technology stocks—dubbed the Magnificent Seven—have done exceedingly well in recent years, their extreme [...]
The Less-efficient Market Hypothesis
Benjamin Graham was Warren Buffett’s teacher and mentor. He also ran an investment fund which specialized in uncovering undervalued stocks. One day in 1926, Graham was at his desk, reading through a government report on railroads, when he noticed a potentially valuable footnote. It referenced [...]
Better to Stay Home?
Is it worth owning international stocks? There is far from universal agreement. The traditional argument for diversifying outside the U.S. is straightforward: diversification—since domestic and international stocks don’t move in lockstep, and sometimes diverge significantly. At the same time, [...]
How to Build a Portfolio
Suppose you wanted to construct an investment portfolio as simply as possible. What would it look like? Many argue that for stock market exposure you could go with just a single fund: one tracking the S&P 500 Index. Among the benefits, the S&P index offers broad diversification and tax [...]
Off the Beaten Path
A new type of mutual fund has captured investors’ attention. So-called buffer funds are so appealing that one industry analyst has referred to them as “candy.” Why? As The Wall Street Journal describes them, buffer funds offer investors “the chance to chase stock returns while also protecting [...]
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