ETF
Following My Own Advice: Increased My Investment in PHO (a.k.a Water)
This morning I sold my position in PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors (PSI) and used the proceeds to buy more PHO, PowerShares’ water ETF. The reason I am interested in investing in water has been explained before, but why PSI?
There are two reasons: First, I already have an investment in semiconductor and that’s TSM, a stock that [...]
Invest in Water
[This article also appears on Seeking Alpha, Water: How to Quench Your Investor Thirst]
Back in November, I had a post on why water could find a place in your portfolio. The main point of the article is as we face a global shortage of drinking water, investing in water makes a sound choice for long [...]
What John Bogle Has to Say about ETF in “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing”
I bought Mr. John Bogle’s new book, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, after reading an article on SmartMoney.com the other day about his comments on ETFs. The book was received early this month, but I didn’t get time to read it until recently.
In his latest writeup, Mr. Bogle uses a chapter to discuss [...]
Model Portfolios Built with ETFs (III) - All About Asset Allocation
This is the third segment of the Model Portfolios Built with ETFs series. In the first two parts, I discussed two model portfolios, the Couch Potato Portfolio and the Bogel Head Portfolio, and considered possible choices to build these portfolios with ETFs instead of transitional mutual funds.
In this part, I continue the discussion with [...]
John Bogle: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
This is not a book review, but rather from an article I read yesterday on SmartMoney.com.
The article, “John Bogle Says ETFs a Mistake for Many Investors,” cited Mr. Bogle, founder of Vanguard and pioneer of index mutual funds, as saying that with a flood of new ETF offerings, investors are “performance-chasing” by investing in ETFs [...]
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