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Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Feb 06, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

So, was the Super Bowl all you thought it would be? For me, it was simply long.

This week’s blogs include one football-themed infographic that’s pretty fantastic. Additionally, there is a “good and bad table.”

  • American Century -We hear “value traps” pretty often from the investment news community. What does it mean and what should you know? This post answers those questions succinctly.
  • BlackRock – Interesting infographic-as-blog. Let me know what you think.
  • Wells Fargo Advantage Fund – This post presents a simple way for FAs to think about common economic news. I think it’s pretty helpful regardless of agreeing with the “What to do” column.

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Jan 30, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

Three very different blogs make up this week’s post.

  • American Century – This post is long. If you give it a bit of time, you’ll be rewarded with an interesting argument for municipal bonds. The financial news has been pretty bearish on munis, so this is an interesting contrarian take.
  • Russell – This post organizes investor perceived organized by asset class; a unique idea.
  • Vanguard – This post isn’t very interesting. What is interesting is that CEO McNabb took over Vanguard’s Facebook and Twitter accounts for a good part of Monday.

 

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Jan 24, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

This week’s best cover different corners of the investment world and are a little longer format than we usually prefer. Nonetheless, each provides helpful information to financial advisors.

  • American Century – This post provides a sound description of inflation and potential theories on it in 2012.
  • BlackRock – Re-leveraging? De-leveraging? We hear these terms bantered about. This post does nicely to related Americans reducing debt in a time when the US government is providing more payments.
  • Wells Fargo – Rarely is asset allocation described so clearly as in this post.

 

 

 

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Jan 16, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

Four interesting blogs – 2 related to the ECB’s unchanged rates. I’m impressed with many firms that are using the blog to establish thought leadership related to current events and do it very quickly. Congrats to Pioneer – another firm entering the “best” mix for the first time.

  • BlackRock – The coverage of New Hampshire and South Carolina is intense. This post covers another election, occurring this weekend, that is critical for global investors.
  • Columbia – This post shares how to consider long-term investments related to the Panama Canal upgrade; really interesting and pretty different from the standard posts.
  • Pioneer – Bringing an interesting relation between emerging markets and rates in Europe, this post shares an interesting position along with a link to a more detailed report.
  • Wells Fargo – Dr. Jacobsen’s post immediately addresses ECB’s actions and the potential impacts.