John will be speaking on behalf of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) on the topic of “Financial Goals for Financial Success” from 10:40-11:40 a.m. at Donnelly College (608 N 18th St, Kansas City, KS 66102)….
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Market Commentary: Week Ending 3/11/2011
Total Returns % 1 Week YTD Dow Jones Industrial Average -1.03% +4.03% NASDAQ Composite -2.48% +2.36% S&P 500 Index -1.28% +3.71% Russell 2000 -2.69% +2.45% U.S. Aggregate Bond Index +0.58% -0.11% MSCI All Country World…
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How to Invest in Emerging Markets Without Investing in Emerging Market Stocks
There are many approaches to gaining exposure to an investment area of interest. A common, often over-looked or under-utilized approach is through the backdoor. As an example, people that want to ride the Apple computer…
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State of the Markets
This blog is part of a larger white paper we’ve recently published titled: Opportunities and Risks in 2011. Click on that title to read the full version. As always, I won’t make any predictions for the…
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Bond Market Update
Since the second round of quantitative easing (QE 2) was announced by the Fed, US bonds as a whole (whether corporate or government) have been under pressure. It appears that the market is finally tuning into…
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