Archive for December 18th, 2006

Answer Gone Fishing Until 2007

December 18, 2006 - It’s that time of the year when holidays are upon us, which translates into toy shortages and unpredictable market behavior in individual stocks. Because so many people take time off from work during the holidays, every holiday season, daily trading volume versus the average three-month daily trading volume for Read more …

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My Investing Christmas List (Confused Capitalist, 12/20/06)
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The True Determinants of Portfolio Returns Have Nothing to do with Asset Allocation

December 18, 2006 - Almost every single person that has ever been managed by a large global investment firm has seen the below chart. It’s called Determinants of Portfolio Performance, but I’ve renamed it Determinants of a Financial Consultant’s Asset Gathering Success, because such a title is far more accurate. Financial consultants tell you that studies too numerous to count have been performed that prove the above “facts”.

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