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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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Growth at the cost of health= short term gains for long term pains

After nearly 3,000 pig carcasses were found in a Shanghai river, CNBC’s Eunice Yoon reports on the many obstacles faced by China to protect its environment as the economy grows. Here is a direct link.

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