Articles by Thomas Meyer
MarketWatch: Alternatively Speaking
By Thomas Meyer & Timothy J. McGeeneyThe stock market had the best month of January since 1997.
MarketWatch: The Case For Alternatives
By Thomas Meyer”The essence of portfolio management is the management of RISKS, not the management of RETURNS. Well-managed portfolios start with this precept. ” ~ Ben Graham
As we begin a new year, it would be wise to heed the words of Ben Graham - the mentor to Warren Buffett.
As we begin a new year, it would be wise to heed the words of Ben Graham - the mentor to Warren Buffett.
Mainstreaming Alternatives
Financial Advisor Magazine May 2011 Issue Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments.
Hedging Strategies
I have been a firm believer in alternative investing and recent advancements in the products available to the masses have allowed access to once untouchable strategies. Our friends at Rydex Investments have update their returns for the Essential Frontier (TM) portfolio through 2008 to compare to the basic Efficient Frontier portfolio.
Investing Wisdom
Investing WisdomI thought I would change it up tonight and move away from highlighting daily market signals and focus on core tenets of some of the sharpest minds in the investing universe. Now I did not develop the entire list. That was the job of the publishers of one of my favorite publications Value Investor Insights.
Inflation, Deflation, Stagflation?
Yes I realize that the above title is misspelled but I wanted to prove a point. As I stated in my last newsletter, we are in the midst of a deflationary spiral now, are facing the potential for stagflation (inflation with muted economic growth) and may face hyperinflation.
Emerging Issues?
Emerging IssuesThe emerging issue on today's thread is with emerging markets. We have always tracked mutual fund flows as a way to track retail investor sentiment and the potential for overheated or panic market conditions. According to EPFR Global and the Wall Street Journal, investors have been pouring money into emerging market stock funds faster than any comparable time on record.
Financial Advisor Cover - Clean Alternatives
February 2009 issueClean Alternatives A longtime skeptic of the hedge fund industry, Thomas Meyer uses a more transparentpath to alternative investments: open-end mutual funds. By Ray FazziAt the start of this decade, when advisors seriously considered trying to gettheir wealthy clients into hedge funds, Thomas Meyer was among the skeptics. Where some saw exclusivity, Meyer saw shadiness.
