Monthly Archives: March 2013

Consensus view: “you can’t go wrong being exposed to equities right now”

The discussion in this clip reveals the prevailing Perma-bull nonsense (nervously espoused by the head-in sand-host who may be worried that another bear market may well threaten his job as already dwindling market-news-viewers finally turn off). Marc Faber, editor & … Continue reading

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Portfolio returns much different than headline news

Financial ‘tainment would have us focus on US indices back near 2007 cycle peaks, but the reality of real life returns for investors have been much worse than this headline would suggest. In reality most portfolios have held overweights in … Continue reading

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Why the financial sales world is a nightmare for clients

I receive marketing material in my in box every day from the investment sales side. Typically it goes something like this one this morning: “Double your production in 12 months”, learn “how to close”,”how to get clients to buy” and … Continue reading

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