Yes, the past decade of 2000s didn’t treat investors well. If you invested in the DJIA, you lost 9% for the decade. a S&P 500 investor lost 24%. and a NASDAQ investor lost 44%, thanks to the fact that we started the decade at the height of the dot com bubble.
All the above figures are absolute, un-annualized returns. That is, your original 10,000 dollar investment will end up at approximately $9,100, $7,600, and $5,600 respectively.
But how about losing at an annualized rate of 37% a year for 10 …

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The suit generated tremendous debate among general partners (who manage the funds), limited partners (who provide the funds) and the public. not surprisingly, general partners were most opposed to more disclosure. they feared that a public familiar with measuring returns on stocks or other liquid assets on a quarter-by-quarter basis would attempt to do the same for illiquid, long-lived private-equity assets. Early returns tend to be negative; it’s as companies grow over time that positive returns are realized. even for the same investment, assessments of value can differ widely across …

This huge commission for dealing fees is passed on to investors, but is excluded from the overall cost of funds for comparison.
Investors lose ?2.7bn in hidden fees for buying and selling shares in investment funds

Fund investing helps many small investors strike it rich. Find out what funds are, how to invest, and how to save money through a fund supermarket
How to invest in funds | unit trusts, oeics and investment trusts

Mad Money host Jim Cramer lays out next week’s game plan for investors, ahead of big earnings, economic data, and uncertainty in Europe.
Cramer’s Game Plan for Next Week

If you?ve been following the market, you know that it?s resembled a wild roller coaster ride. Although selling in May was exactly the right move, when to get back in is less certain, writes Michael sincere.

Michael Sincere’s Rookie Trader: 4 defensive strategies for anxious investors

The Growth versus Value Debate
Investors and money managers who seek out growth stocks are generally looking for quality companies with higher than average earnings growth rates, regardless of what the current market valuation of the stock is.
By comparison, investors and money managers who advocate value investing typically buy shares of stock in companies that have been beaten down in price because they are going through a period of adversity. Value investing usually calls for selling these shares after they have risen in price as a result of the underlying …

I got the following questions emailed to me:
are the main questions we should ask of the RSP or real estate provider?
how do we know they  are honest?how do we know the property is really going to yield 6-7 %?1) All the questions that I list on how to choose the right 1031 exchange firm (link) are questions you should ask the real estate firm, other investors and folks like your CPA, CFA.  for your CFA, ask if they have any biases, commissions,etc. Often the CFA is recieving a 5% commission …

Lower tax rates may not get the economy back on track again. But they may spare investors from a nasty little sell-off at the end of the month.
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