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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 Nov 28, 2011, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

We hope everyone enjoyed a significant amount of food and beverage over Thanksgiving.  While the volume trailed off at the end of the week, the week began with a bevy of blogs.  Here are three excellent posts.

  1. American Century – This post highlights the supercommittee scenarios of cutting budget or not and the impact to portfolios.  This is clear, direct and easy for an FA to absorb and consider.
  2. US Funds – This post makes a clear reason to consider technology investments for the long-term.  It’s an example of sharing ideas without pitching product.
  3. Franklin Templeton – A video post that discusses the drivers of Latin American growth and the role investing in Latin America may play for a portfolio.

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Nov 15, 2011, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , , ,

Sorry for the one-day delay.  Last week, many firms covered a lot of ground. Wells Fargo posted 11 blogs last week and other firms followed suit. AllianceBernstein – new to blogging – came in with seven. With so many posts to select from, we have four posts to share with no theme or inter-related issue.

  1. AllianceBernstein – In this post, Sharon Fay shares a compelling reason for being bullish on technology stocks. Agree or disagree, it’s valuable to the FA for a firm to share posts like this.
  2. American Century – This post shares a straightforward and easily shared reason for including alternative investments. For an advisor beginning the discussion with clients, this post is helpful
  3. BlackRock – I admit it: I am a sucker for a good heat map.  This post simplifies the tax-loss harvesting discussion many FAs will have with clients soon.
  4. Wells Fargo – This is a solid Q&A with thoughts on how high-quality in the high-yield market can represent value right now.