Buy Some Unloved Sectors Of The Market UNLOVED vs. LOVED RETURNS Annualized returns past 20 years over 3-year holding periods Unloved Funds 10.4% Loved Funds 6.4% Source: Morningstar “Unloved” Categories 2013: Large-growth funds Commodity funds Precious metals funds Kinnel’s “Unloved” Picks Primecap Odyssey Growth (POGRX) Harbor Commodity Real Return Strategy (HACMX) Oppenheimer Gold & […]
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PUT SOME OF YOUR INVESTMENTS ON AUTOPILOT
PUT SOME OF YOUR INVESTMENTS ON AUTOPILOT THE TARGET-DATE FUND APPROACH: > Rebalance between stocks and bonds > Buy when prices drop > Sell when prices rise Takes the emotion out of investing
CONSIDER QUANTS
CONSIDER QUANTS Consider adding mutual funds run by reputable and leading edge quantitative research and strategy firms. Two masters of the art: – Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management – Andrew Lo of MIT and AlphaSimplex Group
ASK YOURSELF IF YOU SHOULD BE INVESTED WITH AN ACTIVE MANAGER OR A PASSIVE INDEX FUND
The Underperformance Gap: Most investors do substantially worse than the mutual funds they invest in Investors sell funds that underperform for 2-3 years Investors switch to funds with several years of outperformance Sell low/ buy high strategy is sure fire recipe for subpar results If you can’t tolerate sticking with a manager who isn’t doing […]
AMODEO & BENZ: MINIMIZING YOUR TAX PAIN
Regardless of what happens with the “fiscal cliff”, the economy, markets or the deficit, you name it, you are looking at climbing tax rate over the next few years. Our guests this week are two pros who can help you plan ahead with a tax-efficiency plan. Christine Benz is Director of Personal Finance and Senior Columnist for Morningstar.com, where she gives sound advice on just about everything having to do with managing your finances. Our other guest is Robert Amodeo, Head of Municipals at Western Asset Management, who was named Municipal Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor Magazine in 2011. The taxman cometh, so you’d better be ready.
Amy O’Brien & Ingrid Dyott
CONSIDER CHRISTINE BENZ’S SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FUND RECOMMENDATIONS “Balanced sector diversification with fairly strong long-term results” Benz’s Recommendations: Neuberger Berman Socially Responsive Fund (NBSRX) TIAA-CREF Social Choice Equity Fund (TICRX) Parnassus Equity Income Fund (PRBLX) Watch this Episode