Years ago, I helped design & program a pretty innovative online retirement savings calculator for Bank of Montreal/Nesbitt Burns. It was unique in that it was based on the idea (and research) that retirement will become more progressive: you won't...
Gotta love this one:A UK judge ruled that Samsung did not violate Apple's patents, and that Apple had to apologize publicly. Reminds me of a brilliant, indignant teenager. Best backhanded apology ever:http://www.apple.com/uk/legal-judgement/#
I read a marketing/purchasing theory article the other day talking about the 'death of the funnel.' Marketers have long held the idea that consumer purchasing is like a funnel, where the consumer starts with a bunch of potential products & brands ...
Globe Investor's Umiastowski posted a pretty crappy anti-Mutual Fund article that played to the public's fantasies of fat-cat suspender-wearing fund managers who care about bonuses, not client's money (I've met fund managers that were fat, and one...
... vs trying to educate the investor. http://www.indexuniverse.com/hot-topics/14860-ssgas-ross-etf-cost-war-misses-...
A lot of money has been rushing out of stocks and funds to 'safer waters.' Could better marketing and communications have helped the herd? http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/01/investing/individual-investors-stocks
Wall Street stops hiring junior analysts:http://cnnmon.ie/PJwZTP The link the article doesn't mention?With money leaving mutual funds and flowing to index-tracking ETFs, who needs analysts?
There are a hundred good reasons why so much of the retail investor market has turned overwhelmingly to ETFs and index funds, eschewing managed mutual funds and old-fashioned stock-picking. Statistically, there is a lot of evidence that it's the '...