Smarter Investing – Page 256

Google Chrome Rules

Google Chrome has displaced Internet Explorer at the top of the browser heap.

Outlook

Google Chrome now rules in the browser wars

ETF Scorecard

Below is a final look at the performance of various asset classes in the first half of 2013. Performance numbers are for the various US-listed ETFs that cover that asset classes shown. The US was clearly the place to be in the first half of the year when it came […]

Outlook

US and Japan ETFs crushed it in the first half

doomsday

The doomsday predictions about the Fed's QE programs haven't materialized.

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Fed critics preached doomsday. It never happened.

globe

Veteran investment manager Marty Leclerc explains the approach of his new Covestor portfolio.

Strategies

Three big opportunities in international investing – Marty Leclerc

MLPs could benefit from bond fund carnage

MLPs are a source of potential yields in the current environment.

Strategies

MLPs could benefit from bond fund carnage

globe

The U.S. and world economy are showing some worrying signs.

Outlook

Uh oh: Four signs the global economy is slowing

The great Crabtree Technology portfolio rebalancing act

Here's the latest quarterly reshuffle of our portfolio holdings.

Strategies

The great Crabtree Technology portfolio rebalancing act

Investors need perspective on bond returns

Why bonds still make sense for your portfolio.

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Investors need perspective on bond returns

A careful read of technical indicators speaks volumes about the market.

Outlook

A technical snap shot of current investor psychology

china commercial

A new regime is cutting off credit to China's major state-owned banks.

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China slowdown trumps Fed tapering as investor threat

This medical device maker has tremendous technological strength.

Strategies

My bullish case for Medtronic

bernanke

The economic picture is to cloudy for the Fed to end monetary stimulus quickly.

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Why investors shouldn’t panic about Fed tapering