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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 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.

 

 

 

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.

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Dec 12, 2011, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

This week’s posts cover a fairly wide range of topics and include a video post (from Wells Fargo).

  1. AllianceBernstein – This post shows the struggle between seeking a specific return versus controlling variability. I liked the focus on a specific institutional segment here.
  2. BlackRock – This post focuses on a commonly stated investment process: accessing fixed income directly is difficult and better done via active management. The analysis is interesting.
  3. Wells Fargo – This video provides “7 key principles” that are pretty good. All FAs will use some combination of these and perhaps this post helps sell working with an FA for a prospective client. At 8 minutes, the video is a little long. But once you get to volatility and standard deviation, the idea of working with an advisor will become more appealing to an on-the-fence investor.