We recently published a Taylor Frigon Special Report entitled "The Anatomy of a Modern Variable Annuity (in plain English)" in the Our Views of our website.
In it, we summarize some information about variable annuities and our opinions about these products.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
The moral case for free markets
Today's robust GDP number may have surprised the majority of economists, but it did not surprise us here at Taylor Frigon and it did not surprise economist Brian Wesbury, who was predicting a strong rebound before almost anyone else.Today, he posted a new installation of his "Wesbury 101" video series, entitled "The Conservatives' Big Mistake." We...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Remember all the hype about "toxic assets"?
Recently, concerns have arisen over the prospect that the government may force banks that received TARP money to raise capital in order to pay their way out.Doing so would cause the banks to have to issue more shares of common stock, thus diluting the value of the shares currently outstanding, a prospect which yesterday prompted a sharp sell-off in...
Monday, October 19, 2009
"The Consumer"
Investors who spend much time reading financial predictions or watching the financial media can't help but hear about the powerful entity known as "The Consumer."
This amazing being figures so prominently in conventional economic analysis because many analysts attribute superhuman powers to The Consumer. In their view, The Consumer...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Bulls, Bears . . . Who Cares? The investment climate, October 2009
We recently published "The Investment Climate: October, 2009" in the commentary section of our website.In it, we summarize the current situation and provide some perspective on where we stand today.Subscribe (no cost) to receive new posts from the Taylor Frigon Advisor via email -- click her...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
S&P takes aim at active management
Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies*, recently published a piece entitled "SPIVA Scorecard: Active Management Myths." In it, the publisher of bond ratings, investment research, and the well-known S&P series of indexes (or indices) seeks to debunk what they call "enduring investment myths" surrounding beliefs that active...
