Best Blogs of the Week

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Feb 20, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

We found a dearth of exciting blogs last week; only two to recommend. However, we did find an unusual occurrence – the same topic by two firms, just a day apart. Here’s Columbia introducing alternative investing and a day later, American Century offers a primer on alternative investing.

  • Columbia – More interesting then priming, this post on incorporating alternatives offers a few easy-to-use tips and link to a longer article.
  • Pioneer – This post on reasons why the economy is improving differs from so many because it’s direct, scannable, and ends with a recommendation.

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Feb 13, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

A significant number of long-format, meandering blogs from asset managers this week. Perhaps it’s the time of year to write significantly. We selected three and welcome MFS, and the CIO into the best blogs today.

  • BlackRock – If you were to say I’m biased towards infographics, you would be correct.
  • Columbia – This post presents a succinct reason to consider emerging markets.
  • MFS – Mr. Swanson presents seven reasons to consider technology stocks right now. I suspect any advisor would find 3 or 4 compelling and worth consideration.

 

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.