Mike Larson:  In Europe, despite news of what seems like the hundredth Greek deal, default is all but inevitable down the road. In the Middle East, tensions are  ratcheting up in Syria and Iran, with the odds of an Israeli military strike steadily climbing. And here in the United States, many economic Read more…

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MS ETF Clone with PTTRX – We are in the process of trying to replicate the performance of the Morningstar 401K plan with ETFs. We identified two weaknesses in the ETF portfolio Read more…

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So, is the United States headed towards deflation? While the financial markets have worried about it off and on for many months, of more concern right now is a potential bubble in the U.S. Treasury market. My colleague, Investment U’s Alexander Green, has noted several times the dangers of buying Read more…

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