Enhance your returns while cutting risk

One key factor in successful investing—apart from picking good stocks (or ETFs that invest in those stocks)—is to diversify your portfolio.
Our main suggestion would be to make sure that your holdings are always well-balanced among most if not all of the five economic sectors—Manufacturing, Consumer,… Read More

‘Bottom up’ is best

Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:
“Our Successful Investor approach employs bottom-up investing. That’s when you focus on what particular stocks are likely to do. You avoid the more complex task of figuring out the entire economy.
We always… Read More

‘Bottom up’ works best

Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:
“Our Successful Investor approach employs bottom-up investing. That’s when you focus on what particular stocks are likely to do. You avoid the more complex task of figuring out the entire economy. That’s “top-down… Read More

Q: Thanks for your ongoing guidance. Could you please offer your view on the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV)? Does it complement the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG), which you recommend? Thanks!

A: The Vanguard Value ETF, $106.79, symbol VTV on New York (Units outstanding: 475.3 million; Market cap: $51.1 billion; www.vanguard.com) focuses on large-cap value stocks, using the following ratios to identify value: book value to price, forward earnings (estimates) to price, historic earnings to price,… Read More