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These articles pertain primarily to funds in which clients of Andrew J. Fama Asset Management may be invested. We believe our clients can benefit from knowing how the managers of these funds feel about their stock picks and current market conditions in general.
VIDEO: The pioneer of fundamental indexing and chairman of Research Affiliates offers a view of the future that includes another recession and renewed inflation.
Five things you need to know about the markets
Stocks are safer than bonds, fund manager says
Financial Adviser Red Flags
Professor Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School Makes the Case for Equities.
An erosion of trust
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Fund manager spots State Street, FedEx, Mosaic. Permanent Portfolio is a core client holding for clients of Andrew J. Fama Asset Management: Fund manager Michael Cuggino sees gradual upside in stocks and tells us why.
A word to the wise: Ignore conventional wisdom. Proponents of conventional investment wisdom recommend that financial advisers create buy-and-hold asset allocation portfolios, focused on growth stocks, to obtain high returns over the long run, while ignoring short-term volatility and risk to capital.
Critics question whether endowment model should be used by individual investors. Observers question using the approach for individual investors.
Mutual fund managers to advisers: Don't abandon underperforming funds It isn't prudent to drop a fund based on just one or two bad years, they contend
Don't get stuck with too much company stock  Update: 2:38 PM ET Jun 1, 2009
Those hit hardest when a company’s stock collapses are often regular employees who have spent years trying to save enough to retire comfortably. These workers get burned because they own too much stock in the companies they work for -- or once worked for. ...Read the rest of the story
A retest of March 9 lows is likely. If this is a real bull market, and if you still haven't gotten in, don't worry: You'll get another chance very soon. ...
Strategies:  25 Years to Bounce Back? Try 4 1/2. Three factors may have overstated the traditional wisdom that it took more than 25 years for the market to recover from the 1929 crash.
If you have the fortitude, consider investing - carefully - Dec. 10, 2008 Investor Daily: Ignore, for a minute, the turmoil in the business world. If you have the time (say, six years) and patience, you may want to carefully consider the markets.
Why you aren't Bernard Madoff The confidence of many investors has been shattered by Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme.
What your adviser doesn't know might hurt you. Some planners really don't know very much more than you do about finance. Here's how to make sure you find one that does.
Barron's Online - Living Well How to Retire on $1 Million
What’s Wrong with Variable Annuities?

Taxes Have a Role in Asset Allocation

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What's the Difference Between Back-End Loads and Redemptions? Brokers continue to take heat for improper sale of Class B (back end load) funds

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