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Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Mar 05, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

Last week’s best blogs include one timely investment issue and two reinforcing messages beneficial for advisors to continually assess.

  • BlackRock – This post provides a clear reminder that real interest rates impact gold prices. Additionally, Russ provides two reasons to favor gold over silver.
  • Russell – This post reminds FAs of the framing effect. The framing effect dramatically impacts how investors understand decisions and approach problems.
  • Wells Fargo – It’s refreshing for a PM to provide a straightforward answer to what’s your investment philosophy. This post provides Adam Kurkiewicz’s philosophy and supporting context.

 

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Feb 27, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

There were a high volume of blogs last week and numerous high-quality posts. I selected five to share this week.

  • BlackRock – Amongst many similar posts and articles, this post covers the value of the Euro best.
  • BlackRock – Videos overs five minutes usually scare me (and most FAs per our research) away. This video post is barely over five minutes and a helpful recap on commodities. It may be too simple for FAs that invest clients’ assets in commodities, but excellent for those FAs to send along to clients.
  • Columbia – This post provides a pithy and engaging case for high yield.
  • Russell – Popular investment news sources are devoting a lot of attention to high dividend-paying stocks. This post provides an balanced discussion on the topic.
  • Wells Fargo – Something for the compliance-oriented reader; this post provides a Q&A on a pending SEC reform proposal. Something surely to catch airtime on financial television and thus helpful for an advisor who may field a few calls and emails about the topic.

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 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.