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 Could Hougan Be Right? (Nah)October 31, 2007Do you remember those freefall rides when they first came out ... they were revolutionary. At Cedar Point in northwest Ohio, the ride was called the Demon Drop—a pure adrenaline rush simulating a plunge off a 10-story building. That's a little how the real estate market feels right now. Marathon ManOctober 30, 2007It's the perfect sports corollary for index investing: the marathon. Gauge your resources, pace yourself, stay with it until the end. It's a little-known secret that the indexuniverse.com team is chock full of marathoners.  $100 Oil And 401(K)sOctober 30, 2007 I just got back from a few days' vacation and have been catching up on my Wall Street Journal reading. It ain't a pretty sight. 25 Years of MediocrityOctober 24, 2007 The 401(k) market is a national embarrassment. How? I'm sometimes asked. Let me count the ways... Active ETFsOctober 22, 2007 A report from Mutual Fund Wire says that XShares has filed papers for the right to launch an actively managed ETF. ETNs and The LawOctober 22, 2007 Matt—you made some great points about the relatively limited impact of ETNs so far. You've convinced me that maybe these things aren't such a big deal. Do Individual Investors Care About Taxes?October 19, 2007One of the curious things about ETNs, Jim, is that they're not more popular. ETN/ETF WAROctober 18, 2007So it has come to this? A gladiator's battle at the Roman Forum of the IRS and Treasury department. I've got some very strong views on the matter, IRS, so please give me a call. Red Sox And ETNsOctober 17, 2007 We see where your priorities are, Jim. A HUGE story breaks on ETNs and you use your bully pulpit to take pot shots at a long-suffering Red Sox fan. Matt’sBLOGOctober 17, 2007I have seen an advertisement on our home page, Matt, and its name is MATT'Sblog.
HERE’S Some Pudding For You HouganOctober 14, 2007I've been running through our updated data, which is always fun, and thought I'd try an exercise. Here's what we should all be buying right now. The Best Commodity ETF (Today)October 12, 2007 One more product comparison, Jim, and then I'll get back to dishing gossip about the index industry. But I promise this comparison is the most interesting of all. Finally, The PuddingOctober 10, 2007You’re right, Jim: These ETFs are providing price discovery and testing all those mythical investment claims you here about. ETFs Doing Price DiscoveryOctober 10, 2007Matt—I read that header on buybacks and said, "Ho hum, that Hougan really has a thing about these buybacks." But your illustration is really interesting, and shows how ETFs can act as a window on markets. The Buyback SwindleOctober 09, 2007Buybacks are supposed to make us feel all warm and fluffy about companies. "See?" we are supposed to think. "Management believes in the stock." But why are the companies doing these buybacks underperforming the market? RAFI - the Other DFA?October 09, 2007And I mean "the other DFA" in the tone of the famous "Pork—the Other White Meat" commercials. I had dinner with Rob Arnott last night, and no surprise, he had some things to say. We ate beef, by the way. The Big LieOctober 08, 2007 I'm a big fan of DFA and of giving investors as many tools as possible. But I'm not 100% sold on the idea of DFA ETFs. DFA On The Move?October 08, 2007Browsing the IU.com news, the attention-grabber is clearly DFA's new R Shares. Is the indexing-ish enigma finally pushing out into the wider world? Where are those DFA ETFs anyway? Global ThoughtsOctober 05, 2007Jim: This must be a first. I agree with almost everything you say in your blog… |
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