BBRG: Index Funds Sure Don’t Seem Like Libor
Index Funds Sure Don’t Seem Like Libor Arguments that they lack transparency or may be subject to manipulation are largely off base....
Market Volatility is a Feature not a Bug
Why the 401(k) Millionaires Club Got Smaller Last Year For those who thought markets only go up, 2018 was an unwelcome surprise....
No Way to Pick Stocks: The Trouble with Stock-Picking Contests
Stock-Picking Contests Are No Way to Pick Stocks But they could be made more useful with some simple changes. Bloomberg, January 31, 2019...
MIB: 95% of Crypto Will Die a Painful Death
There are over 2000 crypto-currencies being traded today, and more are being created every day. Matt Hougan, former CEO of Inside ETFs,...
Transcript: Matt Hougan on ETFs, Crypto
The transcript from this week’s MIB: Matt Hougan on ETFs, Crypto, is below. You can stream/download the full...
BBRG: Stock-Picking Contests Are No Way to Pick Stocks
Stock-Picking Contests Are No Way to Pick Stocks But they could be made more useful with some simple changes. Bloomberg, January 31, 2019...
Share of Sector Market Capitalization: 1900 vs 2018
In the 1800s, when stock market indices were first introduced, they covered railroads and industrials. That was it — a 2 sector...
Jack Bogle’s Three Great Insights
Praise for John Bogle Compounds, Just Like His Returns He showed that average returns were fine, keeping costs low was crucial, and...
We Come Not To Praise Indexing, But To…
Nicholas Colas is co-founder of DataTrek Research, an independent firm covering global finance and economics. Colas is a...
MIB: Remembering Jack Bogle
In our latest Masters in Business podcast, we revisit our conversation with investing legend with Jack Bogle, founder of the $5.3...