We recently published a post discussing the propensity of investors in the aggregate to make wild swings in and out of markets, and the damage that this type of behavior tends to cause to their investment performance.
We have always believed that following a consistent investment discipline provides much better results over time. ...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Taylor Frigon Core Growth performance through 12/31/2012
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Money flows to investment company funds since 2008, and what they tell us
Recently on his Calafia Beach Pundit blog, Scott Grannis pointed out the data that shows what he terms "an impressive exodus of investors from domestic equity funds over the past several years." As the chart above illustrates, using fund flow data from the venerable Investment Company Institute (ICI), there is no denying the exodus that...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Another bag of birdshot, and Happy New Year!
Well, it's a new year and the markets around the world today have been exuberant in their response to the application of the brakes at the last possible moment before hurtling over the so-called "fiscal cliff."
Some analysts have suggested that policymakers "played chicken" for so long before slamming on the brakes that the Senate,...
