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Special Features

Should You Maintain an Allocation to Bonds When Current Rates Are Low?
   by Craig Israelsen | May 2013

Why Buy Bonds If Interest Rates Will Rise?
   by Hildy Richelson | May 2013

Portfolio Rebalancing: Observations From 25 Years of Data
   by Charles Rotblut | April 2013

The Individual Investor's Guide to the Top Mutual Funds 2013
   by AAII Staff | February 2013

The Individual Investor’s Guide to Personal Tax Planning 2012—Updated
   by AAII Staff | January 2013

AAII Model Portfolios

A New Fund and Suggested Allocation for the Model Fund Portfolio
   by James B. Cloonan | May 2013

A Look at the Model Shadow Stock Portfolio’s True Risk
   by James B. Cloonan | April 2013

Equal-Weighted ETF Helps Boost Model Fund Portfolio Return
   by James B. Cloonan | March 2013

Higher Prices Prompt Rule Change in the Model Shadow Stock Portfolio
   by James B. Cloonan | January 2013

Stock Screens

Combining Quality Growth With Value and Momentum
   by John Bajkowski | April 2013

2012 Year-End Screens Review: Investors Caught in Political Cliffhanger
   by Wayne A. Thorp | January 2013

Bonds

Should You Maintain an Allocation to Bonds When Current Rates Are Low?
   by Craig Israelsen | May 2013

Why Buy Bonds If Interest Rates Will Rise?
   by Hildy Richelson | May 2013

CI in the Journal

Interpreting the Sharpe Ratio
   by Wayne A. Thorp | May 2013

Financial Planning

Five Steps for Gaining Control of Your Investments and Avoiding Mistakes
   by Carl Richards | March 2013

Financial Statement Analysis

Taking a Qualitative Look at a Prospective Stock’s Figures
   by Joe Lan | May 2013

Analyzing Growth Rates
   by Joe Lan | March 2013

Investor Professor

How Liquidity Impacts the Attractiveness of an Asset
   by Charles Rotblut | April 2013

Mutual Funds

The Top Mutual Funds Over Five Years: The Bear’s Claw Marks Remain
   by Charles Rotblut | March 2013

Portfolio Strategies

Taking Retirement Withdrawals From a Fund Portfolio
   by Charles Rotblut | May 2013

Why We Don’t Rebalance
   by Jason Hsu | April 2013

Portfolio Rebalancing: Observations From 25 Years of Data
   by Charles Rotblut | April 2013

A Pseudo-Life Annuity: Is There a Downside?
   by Robert Muksian | April 2013

An In-Depth Look at the Tax Consequences of Asset Location
   by Kevin Trout | March 2013

Retired Investor

A Key to a Lasting Retirement Portfolio
   by John Sweeney | April 2013

Stock Strategies

Insights on Warren Buffett From His Friend and Editor
   by Charles Rotblut | May 2013

The Liquidity Style: Finding Bargains by Seeking Less Popular Stocks
   by Roger Ibbotson | April 2013