http://www.investorsadv.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:06:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is official; the S&P 500 closed in bear market territory today, over 20% off its bull market high of 1562.15 set on October 9, 2007. The five year long bull market is finally in the books. The S&P 500 is the last of the major indexes to ... http://www.investorsadv.com/market-commentary/by-matt/sp-500-closes-in-bear-market-territory%e2%80%a6/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, I am preparing my Quarterly Update along with your performance reports and fee statements. I am hoping to mail them out by Thursday, but may not get them out until ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-063007-2/ Part I: Introduction There are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics! - Mark Twain - Have you noticed that what you pay at the pump or the check-out counter seems to have little correlation with government inflation figures? Does it seem that prices for daily necessities are going up ... http://www.investorsadv.com/market-commentary/by-matt/the-cpi-lie/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, The following is my Performance Update and Outlook for May. All prices and returns are as of 05/29/08. PART I: INTRODUCTION Inflation’s back… Cover of the May 24th Economist Just as the ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-052908/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, The following is my Performance Update and Outlook for April. All prices and returns are as of 4/30/08. PART I: INTRODUCTION The last two months have not been kind to ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-043008/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, I am preparing my Quarterly Update along with your performance reports and fee statements. I’m aiming to mail them out by Friday, but there are some analyst reports coming out ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-administrator/portfolio-update-033108/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, The following is my Performance Update and Outlook for February. All prices and returns are as of 2/29/08. PART I: INTRODUCTION The Stagflation theme has finally caught on with the ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-022908/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, The following is my Performance Update for January. All prices and returns are as of 1/31/08. PART I: INTRODUCTION As January goes, so goes the year! - Popular Wall ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-013108/ 3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. ... http://www.investorsadv.com/personal/by-matt/the-tower-of-babel-indicator/ By proceeding, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the Disclaimer, Performance Reporting Disclosure and Copyright Statements . Dear Clients, Happy New Year! I am busily preparing my Year End Update along with your performance reports and fee statements. I’ll try to get them out by Friday so you should ... http://www.investorsadv.com/portfolio-updates/by-matt/portfolio-update-12312008/