Scott Cooley
Scott Cooley
Scott Cooleywas an Old West Texas Ranger and later outlaw, best known for his association with gunman Johnny Ringo...
help mentality people
A mentality has set in that you should never get help with your finances. But some people would benefit.
great
You can't look at any one of those and say they're having a great year.
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They're run by the same management team, and their argument for choosing airline stocks is that air travel is likely to build over time. I guess this goes to show how even that well-built hypothesis can be vulnerable.
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In any given market, index funds should beat 60 percent of actively managed funds, not 90 percent like it's been.
bit funds
I really think that it's a little bit of a quirk that a lot of funds were able to do well.
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In general micro caps are riskier because their share prices jump around more because not as many people are trading them so moves can be more dramatic.
actively funds mix
Indexing is a long-term strategy. It still makes sense to have a mix of index funds and actively managed funds.
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I can't think of many managers who like studio stocks. It's a business with pretty uncertain returns. You can lose your shirt making a handful of movies.
eaten
They just don't make sense for (small investors). They'll get eaten up by the commissions.
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Once the tide turns against you, it's tough. It's hard to keep growing that fast under the best of circumstances.
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It's fine to make a bet on a sector, but you should know what bets you're making. The biggest lesson this year is diversification. What that means right now is to have exposure to a lot of major market sectors and not just chase health care because it did well.
funds percent run stock time
Any time you let a stock run up to 40 percent of your portfolio, you have to have a lot of convictions. There aren't a lot of funds like this.
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You can't really say it (fee cuts) are happening across the industry. People shouldn't be lulled into thinking expenses are necessarily falling at their fund family.
cyclical economy investors
These are cyclical stocks. When the economy slows, investors get out.