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☆ How to Use Industry ETFs to Ride Waves of Momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Riding waves of momentum is still possible by using single-industry exchange-traded funds, research finds. Illustration: Alex NabaumMomentum-trading mutual funds, which try to hold stocks that benefit most from upward market trends, first appeared in the 1980s. There are still some out there. But these days, investors who want to ride market upturns—or bet on market reversals—are turning more to single-industry ETFs. Investors over time have shifted to industry exchange-traded funds as a low-cost alternative to momentum mutual funds, whose returns have faltered over the past 20 years.

Persons: Nabaum

☆ Stock Funds Dropped 4% in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( William Power | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Reports: Investing MonthlyIf Interest Rates Are Peaking, What Investments Are Likely to Do Best? By Derek HorstmeyerJudging from past rate plateaus, it may pay to bet on small-cap and growth stocks—and to do it early.

Persons: Derek Horstmeyer

InvestingThe market’s best guess at the real, after-inflation, cost of money is back within the range of what once counted as normal. America has put the era of low rates behind it. Can it cope?

Locations: America

☆ Funds that have more complicated names perform worse than less-wordy peers, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Funds with more complicated names tended to do worse than funds with simpler names. One possible reason is that complex-named funds are more speculative and use buzzwords to attract investors. Of the seven noncomplex funds that beat complex funds, the average difference was 0.37 percentage point. Only large-cap equity funds saw the reverse of this, where complex funds outdid the simpler-named funds by 0.47 percentage point. Another explanation could be that complex-named funds may simply be more speculative, leaning on buzzwords to attract investors.

Persons: Derek Horstmeyer, Horstmeyer Organizations: Service, George Mason University, Street Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Complex Fund Names May Be a Warning Sign for Investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Reports: Investing MonthlyIn Retirement, We Have Discovered We Each Need a Cave to Call Our OwnBy Stephen Kreider Yoder , and Karen Kreider YoderWe love to do things together. But we also have made sure to carve out rooms in the house where we can be alone.

Persons: Stephen Kreider Yoder, Karen Kreider Yoder

☆ Active vs. Passive ETFs: How They Stack Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Beware, Options Investors: You Pay a High Trading Price Compared With Stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When financial markets are volatile, many investors head to the options market, either for downside protection or to make a bet on which way things could be heading. With this in mind, we decided to test just how costly it is to trade options, which give the holder either the right to buy or the right to sell an asset at a set price within a given amount of time.

☆ How Much More Tax-Wise Are ETFs vs. Mutual Funds?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ETFs offer a slightly better posttax return on average—but it can add up over time. Investors often hear that because of tax-efficient structural features, exchange-traded funds generally offer better after-tax returns than mutual funds. But many don’t know the exact magnitude of those tax savings. It is not insignificant.

☆ Which Mutual Funds Are Good for Your Taxes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Derek Horstmeyer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How tax-efficient is your mutual fund? That is a question many investors wonder about, and they often assume that the easiest way to answer it is to look at the fund’s turnover. Investors often figure that high turnover means less tax efficiency, because more trading means more taxable capital gains. A study of returns for dollar-denominated funds that I conducted with my research assistants found that turnover isn’t a reliable predictor of tax inefficiency for all funds. Indeed, we found that in the fixed-income sector, high-turnover funds are the most tax-efficient.

☆ LinkedIn ghostwriters say demand for their services has surged in recent months, with some making up to $12,700 for 16 posts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

LinkedIn ghostwriters told Insider they had seen a surge in demand for their services this year. LinkedIn ghostwriters say they've seen demand for their services surge higher in the months since Insider first reported on the rapidly growing trend this spring. Horstmeyer partly attributed the increased interest in her services to heightened awareness around LinkedIn ghostwriting as a practice. Pricing for LinkedIn ghostwriting services varies widely, although generally ranges from $2,500 to $10,000 a month. Holly Crawshaw, another Atlanta-based writer who splits her time between ghostwriting LinkedIn content and manuscripts, said she has also seen demand for Linkedin ghostwriting soar in 2022.

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