Most people hurt themselves when they try to outsmart the markets, the latest data shows. Humility is a better strategy. Source: NYT > Business – Jeff Sommer
Investors Are Usually Wrong. I’m One of Them.
Most people hurt themselves when they try to outsmart the markets, the latest data shows. Humility is a better strategy. Source: NYT > Business – Jeff Sommer
Day Care and Dog Care Helped Plump These Funds’ Returns
Three of the second quarter’s better-performing mutual funds found winning investments in industries as varied as child care, animal health and banking. Source: NYT > Business – Tim Gray
Bond Returns Have Been Spectacular. Don’t Count on a Sequel.
A large and largely unexpected decline in bond interest rates requires downshifting expectations for the future. Source: NYT > Business – Carla Fried
Strategies: A Quirk of the Calendar Is Messing With Stocks
Erasing the 2007-2009 bear market from 10-year stock returns has made ‘long-term’ performance look stellar, even though recent returns are unexceptional. Source: NYT > Business – JEFF SOMMER
`: Climate-Change Funds Try to Profit From a Warming World
Mutual funds are investing in companies that can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and aid in adaptation to climate change. Source: NYT > Business – TIM GRAY