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From Brooklyn when gangsters outnumbered hipsters. Managing member of mindfuladvisory.com. No individual investment advice here.

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Fear Mosquitoes, Not Investing: Ben Carlson Tells Us to Learn to Love Stocks

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By John Coumarianos
| VettaFi Advisor Perspectives Verified
Henry Ford said history was bunk. But, in his new book, “Risk & Reward: How to handle market volatility and build long-term wealth,” Ben Carlson relies on history to defend investing in U.S. stocks. Carlson calls the U.S. stock market “the greatest wealth-building machine ever created,” and nudges his readers into thinking its success will continue.
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Active ETFs Are in Growth Mode

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By John Coumarianos
| VettaFi Advisor Perspectives Verified
However, that was up from the same period one year ago, when passive funds had just under $9 trillion or 92% market share, compared to $744 billion or 7.65% market share for their active brethren. That taking of more than two percentage points of market share is reflected in the organic growth rate of active funds. Source: Morningstar Direct For the one-year period through August, actively managed funds took in $397 billion, while their passive counterparts took in $903 billion.
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How to Chaos-Proof Your Portfolio

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By John Coumarianos
| VettaFi Advisor Perspectives Verified
The views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Advisor Perspectives. Nobody knows for sure if the 60/40 portfolio is dead. But any extended period of inflation probably would kill it, as it has in the past. Bonds, which are fixed-dollar obligations, are almost guaranteed losers if they have maturities of any significant length in an inflationary period. Even if they wind up eking out victory over inflation, it won’t likely be by the margin anticipated before the spike.
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