HAHN: Savvy students, families pick colleges with eyes wide open
Funding a college education is an investment and, as with any investment, there should be a positive return.
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KIM: Will unfriended Facebook ‘de-FAANG’ the stock market?
the FAANGs have become “one-decision stocks”—stocks you should buy, no matter how expensive, and hold forever.
HAHN: Finding the sweet spot for claiming Social Security
Even though Congress eliminated some Social Security planning strategies, maximizing lifetime Social Security benefits still can be tricky.
KIM: ‘Action bias’ harmful to soccer goalkeepers and investors
Not only are humans highly emotional and lacking in self-control, they are influenced by all sorts of biases and supposedly irrelevant factors.
HAHN: Target-date funds are not a cookie-cutter investment
Many investors just pick a fund, or use the 401(k) default, and hope for the best. Understanding the terminology and approach of target-date funds will help minimize investment surprises.
KIM: Buffett says ‘short-termism’ harmful to economy and investors
A shrinking-but-still-significant population of public companies provides quarterly “guidance” to analysts, which is essentially management’s own estimate of future earnings.
HAHN: Socially responsible investing evolves, gains converts
Today, investors are increasingly interested in aligning their investment strategy with their values. While this is not a new style, it is growing in popularity.
KIM: ‘Secret’ to stunning philanthropic gifts hiding in plain sight
“Salt-of-the-earth” people of modest means can still manage to amass multimillion-dollar estates, through discipline and the miracle of compounded interest.
COAN: How government debt influences your retirement
The national debt is climbing with no end in sight. Government debt currently tops $21 trillion.
SKARBECK: A rational approach works, but investing whims lurk
Investing is simple, but it’s not easy.
INVESTING: Stocks typically struggle during midterm election years
There is a “presidential cycle” for stocks, a pattern coinciding with various years of a presidency.
SKARBECK: To become sharp investor, learn from the masters
A great way to improve your skills in any craft is to analyze the methods of other successful people in the field.
MICKEY KIM: Value and process key for Kentucky Derby, stock picks
Referring to picking stocks, Warren Buffett famously said, “Price is what you pay; value is what you get.” As it turns out, the same can be said for betting the Derby.
SKARBECK: Vectren deal is a huge winner for its shareholders
A tip of the cap to the board and management of Evansville-based Vectren on the sale of the company to Houston-based CenterPoint Energy.
KIM: Fear of trade war rocks stocks, investor confidence
We hope/believe much of this talk is “saber-rattling” and posturing ahead of negotiations that will occur between the United States and China in the coming weeks.
SKARBECK: Stock-market volatility actually can be good for investors
Just because volatility increases in the stock market doesn’t mean you will lose money or that your investments are riskier.
KIM: For a viable retirement, age 70 is the new 65
The results under the current “do it yourself” retirement system with investment-based, worker-savings-funded accounts have been disastrous.
SKARBECK: Beware of companies using non-GAAP reporting
It has become common practice for U.S companies to thumb their nose at accounting standards in their earnings reports.
KIM: Overconfidence plagues ‘bracketologists’ and investors
Never accept a wager offered by Warren Buffett and don’t sell when he’s buying (or vice versa).
SKARBECK: Forum covered broad terrain, from ‘second-level thinking’ to fraud
The CFA Society of Indianapolis held its 2018 Annual Investment Forum this month, and a variety of invited speakers provided for an interesting day of discussion.