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November 14, 20160Comments

Danger Zone: Snow Capital Small Cap Value Fund

How can a fund that has significantly worse holdings than its benchmark hope to outperform? Snow Capital Small Cap Value Fund receives our Very Dangerous rating and its poor holdings and high fees land it in the Danger Zone this week.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 14, 20160Comments

How to Avoid the Worst Sector ETFs 4Q16

Question: Why are there so many ETFs? Answer: ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 14, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Style Mutual Funds 4Q16

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 11, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Sector Mutual Funds 4Q16

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 11, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Style ETFs 4Q16

Analyzing ETFs, done with the proper diligence, is far more difficult than analyzing stocks because it means analyzing all the stocks within each ETF. As stated above, that can be as many as 3723 stocks, and sometimes even more, for one ETF.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 10, 20160Comments

How to Find the Best Sector ETFs 4Q16

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available?
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 10, 20160Comments

Cheap Funds Dupe Investors – 4Q16

Fund holdings affect fund performance more than fees or past performance. A cheap fund is not necessarily a good fund. 4Q16.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 9, 20160Comments

4Q16 Style Ratings Recap

4Q16 comprehensive review of equity ETFs and mutual funds by style.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 9, 20160Comments

Small Cap Value Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

he Small Cap Value style ranks last out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Small Cap Value style ranked last as well. It gets our Dangerous rating
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 8, 20160Comments

New Stocks on Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Lists: November 2016

Our Most Attractive Stocks (-4.3%) underperformed the S&P 500 (-2.2%) last month. Our Most Dangerous Stocks (-4.7%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-2.2%) last month.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 8, 20160Comments

Small Cap Growth Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Small Cap Growth style ranks eleventh out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Small Cap Growth style ranked eleventh as well. It gets our Dangerous rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 8, 20160Comments

Small Cap Blend Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Small Cap Blend style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Small Cap Blend style ranked tenth as well. It gets our Dangerous rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 7, 20160Comments

Mid Cap Value Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Mid Cap Value style ranks ninth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Dangerous rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 7, 20160Comments

Mid Cap Growth Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Mid Cap Growth style ranks eighth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
November 3, 20160Comments

The Low Rate Era: Why The Fed’s Decision Is No Surprise

The Fed needs to acknowledge that it’s no longer in the driver’s seat and stop with the vague hints about “normalizing” monetary policy. Low interest rates are the new normal, and there’s nothing the Fed can do about that fact.
by Sam McBride
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November 3, 20160Comments

Mid Cap Blend Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Mid Cap Blend style ranks seventh out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 3, 20160Comments

Large Cap Value Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Large Cap Value style ranks third out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 3, 20160Comments

Large Cap Growth Style 4Q16: Best and Worst

The Large Cap Growth style ranks fourth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 3, 20160Comments

November’s Most Attractive Stocks Available to Members Today

Gold Members and higher can access November's 40 Most Attractive Stocks as of Thursday, November 3.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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November 3, 20160Comments

November’s Most Dangerous Stocks Available to Members Today

Gold Members and higher can access November's 40 Most Dangerous Stocks as of Thursday, November 3.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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