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February 5, 2020 Mutual Funds No Comments

The Difference Between Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds

The Difference Between Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds You keep hearing about these big hedge funds making big bets on stocks, but you’re only invested in mutual funds. They both pool together money from a group of investors and manage the total chunk of … Continue reading at thestreet.com Mutual Funds Are Still Keeping Secrets […]

May 4, 2016 ETF No Comments

ASK A FINANCIAL PLANNER: ‘What’s the difference between an ETF and index fund?’

ASK A FINANCIAL PLANNER: ‘What’s the difference between an ETF and index fund?’ Certified financial planner Sophia Bera answers: What’s the difference between an ETF and index fund, and which is better? Great question. Before I delve into the specifics, let me give a little context as to why both can be good additions to […]

This is spurring a gold rush not witnessed since the Misery Index years of the 1970s. Many financial experts now view gold in particular as an island of stability in a paper-based investment market growing stormier all the time, a development that bodes well for everyday folks who want to shore up their retirement accounts with a precious metals hedge.

Lubaszka explain, "It's probably best for the first time investor to begin conservatively by purchasing physical metals instead of gold stocks, which can be very volatile". According to Clearwater, Fla.-based talk show host and gold analyst, Tom O'Brien, when metals gain 20%, gold equities jump by fifty or sixty per cent. That's great when it happens but the reverse can occur as well.

Past performance is no guarantee of the future. You have probably heard this disclaimer a thousand times before, but it is really important to understand. Most rating systems have little to no predictive element in them. It's natural to think that the best performer of the past will be the best performer in the future. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Just think about it; if it were that easy, investors would just continue to buy last year's winners knowing that they will be this year's winners. And that seldom works.