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A Smarter Tax Plan: The Personal Retirement Account (VTI, SPY, LQD, BND)

Posted by Next Inning at 2:45PM on July 13th

So, the Democrats are now proposing to extend the personal break on FICA (maintaining the 2% reduction in personal FICA tax)… Does no one see the irony in this? The Democrats have fought for decades against a gradual move to…

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Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates Adds Some Size…In A Big Way (DIS, GE, MSFT, ORCL, XOM, SPY, VWO, AMAT, MW, NVLS)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:55AM on June 22nd

Already the world’s largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is getting a bit bigger. Actually, a lot bigger as the firm is nearly done launching a new $10 billion fund, which the Wall Street Journal reports is one of the…

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Afternoon Spy: Where To Go From Here? (TEN, ECOL, PESI, HCCI, CSWC, AINV, HTM, ORA, CCU, COKE, CSCO, C, BAC, WFC, MSFT, BRCM, SPY, GLD, JPM)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:10PM on June 6th

More than halfway into the trading day on Monday the markets continue to struggle for clear direction. The markets are looking to rebound from a poor performance last week. With no economic news or major earnings news, stocks have treaded…

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A Peek into the Goldman Sachs Portfolio (GS, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, QCOM, ORCL, SPY, EFA, IWM, GE, JPM, SLB)

Posted by Jason Smith at 10:07AM on May 19th

After a tumultuous couple of years, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) got back on track in 2010, settling litigation related to the 2008 mortgage meltdown and cementing its position as a big shot on Wall Street. Though a raft of litigation related…

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‘Contrarian’ Value Guru Adds New Picks, Ups Selected Stocks (TILFX, TILDX, CSTR, DELL, WST, SPY, BRK.A, BUD, STX, MSFT, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:06PM on May 13th

Whitney Tilson is one of the better-known value investors working today. In the tradition of Warren Buffett, Tilson follows a “long-term-oriented, value-based investment strategy, seeking to identify stocks that are trading at a substantial discount to their intrinsic value,” according…

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World’s Largest Hedge Fund Adds Emerging Markets Exposure (EEM, VWO, LQD, SPY, GE, MSFT, XOM, AMAT, CSC, MCHP, IVV)

Posted by Jason Smith at 10:54AM on May 13th

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates secured an impressive feat last year, ending 2010 as the largest hedge fund in the world according to industry tracker AR Magazine. The magazine also reported that the firm’s Pure Alpha Fund took advantage of a…

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A Peek Into the Portfolio of the World’s Largest Hedge Fund (VWO, EEM, IVV, LQD, SPY, AXP, GE, MSFT, PHM)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:50AM on March 4th

Once again, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is the largest hedge fund in the world, pulling in $15.3 billion in assets last year. Dalio’s firm now has almost $59 billion in assets under management. The firm’s Pure Alpha Fund took advantage…

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A Glimpse into the Goldman Sachs Portfolio (GS, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, QCOM, ORCL, SPY, EEM, EFA, IWM, GE, GENZ, PEP)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:41AM on February 17th

After a tumultuous couple of years, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) got back on track in 2010, settling litigation related to the 2008 mortgage meltdown and cementing its position as the premier investment bank on Wall Street. Thanks to its pedigree, the…

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A Glimpse into the Goldman Sachs Portfolio (GS, SPY, IWM, EFA, EEM, MSFT, AAPL, ORCL, CSCO, GOOG, BAX, JNJ, DG, JPM, PEP)

Posted by Jason Smith at 10:30AM on November 18th

During the third quarter, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) raked in $1.86 billion in net revenue from equities trading and commissions, and while the figure was down by a third from the same period last year, it’s always interesting to see where…

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Finding the Right ETFs for Your Portfolio (SPY, DIA, GLD, USO, FAS, TNA, XLF, XLE, OIH, TAN, NLR, FAN)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:09PM on November 15th

In the cover story of its November 15 issue, stock picking newspaper Barron’s examines the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, which according to the report, now account for approximately one fourth of all trades made on U.S. exchanges daily. Cheaper, and more…

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