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Top AAII Articles
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Paula Hogan
Consumer Financial Protection in the Current Economy
Academics and policymakers discuss how to make financial products more effective for consumers and their risks more easily understood.
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Shelly X. Liang
Money From Momentum: Positive Feedback Can Drive Returns
Chasing performance can be a rational response by investors, since they are seeking profits, but there are limitations to following such strategies.
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James Cloonan
Performance data for the AAII Model Shadow Stock, Mutual Fund and ETF Portfolios has been updated through the end of April.
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Burton G. Malkiel
Stock Price Movements Are Unpredictable
The author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” explains why investors should put at least the core of their portfolios in index funds.
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Model Portfolios
Throughout the year, AAII updates you on the holdings, performance and investment strategy behind our research portfolios.
| Annualized Return | |||
| Model Portfolio | YTD Return | 1-Year Return | 5-Year Return |
| Shadow Stock | 20.0% | 17.4% | 7.5% |
| Mutual Fund | 9.3% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| ETF | 9.9% | -1.8% | -0.9% |
| Data as of 4/30/2012. | |||
AAII Stock Screens
40.6%
Current Top Return (2012)
Piotroski: High F-Score
Other Top Leaders:
- 30.3% Graham--Enterprising Investor
- 26.8% Murphy Technology
- 26.5% Foolish Small Cap 8 Revised
Sign Up to Receive Local Chapter Meeting Invites
AAII Local Chapters offer investment education to members in a "person to person" social setting located in your own community.
Recent meetings have included:
"Nest-Egg Survival: Investing and Spending in Retirement"Maria Crawford Scott, Former editor, AAII Journal
"Today's Investment Outlook"Sam Stovall, Chief investment strategist, S&P Equity Research Services
"The Importance of Tax Diversification: What You Need to Know"Christine Fahlund, senior financial planner, T. Rowe Price, Inc.
Retirement Planning: Misconceptions About Life in Retirement
"Some people spend more time planning a two-week vacation than they do retirement planning."—Anonymous
Retirement is a passage from one lifestyle to another. One way to think of the term "retire" is by placing a hyphen between the 'e' and the 't' and creating a new term—re-tire: To put on new treads.
Those who take the voyage seriously and do the right kind of retirement planning usually have a smoother trip and more fun.
Discussions with seasoned retirees indicate that there are many myths and misconceptions about retirement. Often you will hear these myths stated as fact. Here are some of the most common ones.
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