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The Skeptical Investor: Should I Follow An Active or Passive Management Model?

July 13, 2015 By Lowell Herr

What if you fall into the investor class who is not completely convinced of the benefits of the momentum model or active management?  Is there a middle ground where one might combine the Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) model and the momentum model?  It is easy to be torn between active management and passive management as […]

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Why I Use Index ETFs

August 7, 2014 By Lowell Herr

Why I use Index Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).  Let me count the ways. Simplicity:  It saves the work of stock analysis. Increases probability of success:  A literature search of index investing vs. active stock picking will have the honest researcher coming down on the side of index instruments.  The literature is replete with this information […]

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