In a Wall Street Journal Moneybeat blog post, financial reporter Jason Zweig highlights the decline of cash holdings in funds. He observes that “between 1986 and 1995, stock funds held…
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The Risk of Investing in "Smart Beta" Funds
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig cautions readers against blindly investing in popular “smart beta” funds. He notes that a recent Research Affiliates study suggests “their low risk…
"Superstocks" Give Investors a Reason to Invest in Index Funds
A Wall Street Journal blog post by Jason Zweig profiles “superstocks” and suggests they provide a “reason why, for most people, index funds make superior sense.” Zweig notes that 44…
Emerging Markets: Lessons From History
Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal draws parallels between the 19th century emerging U.S. market and today’s emerging markets, especially China. “Emerging markets aren’t lucrative investments just because they…
How Market Surprises can Impact your Thinking
Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal highlights the effects of surprises on investor psychology, drawing on neuroscience and historical events back to the 18th century. Robert Shiller of Yale…
What Investors Can Learn from the Oil Bust and Charlie Munger
The Wall Street Journal offers some broad lessons from the oil bust. “If oil stocks have burned you, use that as motivation to rethink how you form your expectations of…
Sequence Risk Lurks for “Buy on the Dip” Investors
Generally accepted investing wisdom has always called for long-term investors to “buy the dips” and add to their positions as the market declines. This advice makes sense in most cases,…
What Makes Buffett So Good
Just what can individual investors learn from Warren Buffett’s incredibly successful career? In a recent column, The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig takes a look at that question. (more…)
Tech Bubble Lessons For Today's Investors
After 15 years, the Nasdaq Composite Index recently eclipsed its March 2000 record high. But The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig says that before they get too excited, investors would…
Ben Graham, Index Fund Fan?
Would Benjamin Graham, the man known as “the father of value investing” and a pioneer in security analysis, have liked plain, generic index funds? In a recent column, Jason Zweig,…