Articles in the Taking Stock Category
Account For Change, Risky Business, Taking Stock »
Are we heading back … in the future?
Where we were … where we are … where are we going?
Oct 18, 2011 (video 16:15)
The great debate …
Mon 24 Oct 11 | 11:15 AM ET
(video 11:37)
Account For Change, Taking Stock »
The following article and videos bring attention to a potentially serious problem inherent in the performance and resulting outcome of the ETF investment instrument and the underlying securities and how ETFs might be causing big problems to the global markets and quite possibly presenting the opportunity for manipulation of the markets.
“Proof: ETFs a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Posted on CNBC.com By: Herb Greenberg | CNBC Senior Stocks Commentator
| 14 Oct 2011 | 12:49 PM ET
From the “markets-are-broken” department: Whenever we talk about the impact of exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the market, the one missing …
Taking Stock, Your Financial Fitness »
Does this cartoon remind you of the mindlessly futile behavior of a dog chasing his own tail? Are you wasting your valuable time and energy trying to make financial gains by chasing after funds and assets that you already have in your possession or within your reach but fail to recognize their proximity?
I totally understand what it’s like to be financially strapped and looking for any solution to obtaining financial security; but, the urgency to establish financial security can lead to exhaustive efforts that are non-productive, possibly destructive, and quite probably leave you …
Taking Stock »
Buying shares of stock can feel like a roll of the dice, but the difference to me between the two risks – and let it be noted that they are both risks – is that you do not have a full view of all sides of the dice when they settle, nor as much control, as you do with the companies in which you choose to invest. I stress here the word “invest” and make note that it is not the same as a “trade” of stock. Investing is for a longer-term …
