There is a common perception among investors that over the long term, small cap stocks outperform large cap stocks. In exchange for more risk, you get more reward. As it turns out, this is mostly untrue. The best small cap stocks offer more explosive upside potential, but as a group they don't really outperform large cap stocks. This article … [Read more...]

The core of my investing approach has been focusing on ETFs and blue chip stocks for fifteen years now, which I then augment with some trading in other asset classes around the edges. More specifically, I complement my blue chip stocks with international ETFs, cash/bonds, precious metals, a few small stocks, and occasional option trades. For … [Read more...]

Closed-end funds (CEFs) are a relatively under-followed type of investment that often provide high income yields. They represent a rather small and inefficient market, which allows patient investors to pick up deeply undervalued assets during periods of weakness. However, because closed-end funds are generally actively-managed portfolios with … [Read more...]

A large portion of the world's most successful and famous investors have been value investors, meaning that they buy cheap out-of-favor companies (aka "value stocks") and prosper as those companies continue to perform fundamentally well against market consensus. For this to work, either the company remains cheap and goes on to spend money on … [Read more...]

A great company doesn’t necessarily make a great stock pick, and a troubled company doesn’t necessarily make a bad stock pick. That’s because in addition to analyzing the quality of the business and the expected earnings and cash flows it may produce, investors need to consider the price they’ll pay for it. Regardless of how popular a growth … [Read more...]