By Barron Maestro
January 16, 2011
The year 2010 was marked by a stock market that was strong in the spring with the S&P 500 closing as high as 1,212 on April 26, 2010. A subsequent vicious correction ensued with the S&P 500 closing at a low of 1,022 on July 2, 2010; a drop of ...
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By Barron Maestro
February 27, 2010
Richard Ferri has written two articles in Forbes recently making a strong case against actively managed funds. Many fund managers have been beating their chests bragging how they beat the S&P 500 index over the past 10 years (not a tough benchmark). Ferri claims that they are making incorrect comparisons: ...
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2012 Performance Review: One Year, Five Year, and 10 Year Comparisons
The past year was one which exhibited very little in overall market volatility. In this environment the major stock market averages performed remarkably similarly. International, U. S. large, mid and small cap annual performance was in the range of 16 to 18 percent. The Stock Market Advantage (SMA) Portfolio underperformed ...