THE AAII JOURNAL APRIL 2022 ISSUE
COVER ARTICLE
Reddit, Robinhood and Lessons From the Meme Stock Craze
The technology that made it possible for people to actively trade for free and send a stock’s price up rapidly also works to your advantage as an investor and a saver.
Features
in The Big Question,Stock Strategies
What Traits Do Individual Investors Consider When Buying Stocks?
To gain insight into the stock approaches that AAII members use, we surveyed them on how they find ideas, the characteristics they focus on and their preferred data sources.
in AAII How-To,ADRs,International
Get Foreign Exposure at Home Through ADRs
ADRs represent shares of foreign stock and make investing abroad both simpler and less costly for the average individual.
in ETFs and Mutual Funds,International,Mutual Funds,Exchange-Traded Funds
The Benefits and Risks of International Stock Funds
International stock funds have the potential to offer greater capital appreciation than domestic stock funds. However, that increased potential comes with greater risk.
in Portfolio Strategies,Retired Investor
Retirement Allocation Comparison With Vanguard Funds
While there is no single “correct” allocation to equities in a retirement portfolio, it is clear there needs to be a material commitment.
in Portfolio Strategies,Asset Allocation,Risk
The Pains and Gains of Investing
A look at hypothetical performance for five simple equity portfolios can help you choose which risk measures matter the most to you.
in Financial Planning,Retirement Planning
11 Key Retirement Dates You Should Pay Attention To
Meeting important retirement deadlines doesn’t have to be confusing if you plan early.
in AAII Model Portfolios,Small Cap Value Investing
Model Shadow Stock Portfolio Review Brings Changes to Rules and Holdings
The first-quarter review resulted in changes to the price-to-book and market-cap maximums. Plus, four holdings met the sell rules, making way for three new additions.
in Investor Professor,Market Actions
Online Exclusive: What Is the Put-Call Ratio?
As a measure of market sentiment, the put-call ratio can be of help to determine when the market is getting too bullish or bearish.
Notes & Opinions
in Editor's Note
Investors Are Responsible for Making Good Decisions
The purpose of the financial markets is to provide price discovery and a mechanism for buying and selling. It is not designed to protect investors against losses.
in Dispatches,Corporate Management
Criticisms of Short-Termism in Corporate Spending Misplaced
A law professor at Harvard University set out to investigate the claims that companies practice “short-termism” by seeking favorable outcomes in the present at the expense of the future.
in Dispatches,Small Cap Value Investing
Small-Cap Stocks Still Cheap on a Relative Basis
Comparing the price-to-book ratio of the stocks in a small-cap index to that of a large-cap index gives a visual sense of the current relative valuation between large and small stocks.
in Dispatches,Retired Investor
The Coming Shift in Drawdown Patterns Among Retirees
The lack of access to defined-benefit plans can result in the baby boomer generation underestimating their drawdown speed.
in AAII Community
Your Retirement Withdrawal Questions Answered
In the AAII Retirement Withdrawals Community, you can ask other members for tips on successful retirement investing, whether to convert to a Roth IRA or when you should start taking Social Security benefits.
The AAII Journal, a leading investment publication, provides readers with a continuing stream of insights and ideas that focus on how you can improve your investment results. Unlike many investment magazines, ours is completely unbiased, educational and contains no advertising.
AAII has published this prestigious financial journal every month for more than 40 years. Members receive it for free and have access to thousands of evergreen articles online so they can reference information and strategies for previous market situations with a few clicks of the mouse.
Our stock journal helps individual investors manage their portfolios, build sound investment strategies and navigate all types of financial conditions. Articles range from optimizing target-date fund portfolios to retirement account withdrawal strategies and analysis on robo-advisor performance.
The magazine also has recurring features our members find invaluable. Every quarter, we dissect our model stock portfolio and provide updates to its holdings and performance. This analysis helps individual investors manage small-cap value investments.
We also offer an annual tax guide in our financial magazine. This detailed investment magazine issue covers many details that individual investors need to consider when filing their taxes. It keeps readers updated on any recent changes to tax laws and provisions and provides a handy guide to tax implications of personal investments to cut through any tax filing confusion.
Another annual feature covers ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and mutual funds. This edition helps individual investors understand what to look for when investing in funds. Online, we accompany those articles with sortable tables so that members have an interactive component to their investment research. This helps individual investors plan their portfolios and invest with confidence.
Other regular features in the AAII Journal include financial planning, stock ideas and investor professor. Financial planning articles walk investors through the process and difficulties of crafting strategies for creating wealth regardless of age. They also cover difficult situations, such as estate planning, and helpful advice for getting kids and grandchildren interested in investing.
Stock ideas, as the name implies, give readers a peek at new screens and the stocks that pass them. This part of our investing magazine helps readers identify new opportunities in the markets, flagged by a mix of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Because we all, as investors, need ideas, this remains one of the most popular categories.
Investor professor helps readers invest with knowledge and confidence. It deals with contingencies, such as “What happens to your investment if a company goes bankrupt?” and gives actionable advice on what resources you should use when considering a new broker. Our readers enjoy this section because of its practicality and enduring tips.
Frequent internal contributors include president John Bajkowski; AAII Journal editor and vice president Charles Rotblut; Stock Superstars Report lead analyst Wayne A. Thorp; and Dividend Investing editor Derek Hageman. Together, these internal contributors have nearly a century of market wisdom and research, which they share with clear and concise prose to help individual investors improve their knowledge and portfolios.
The AAII Journal also includes frequent guest contributions from the financial and economic space. Articles from outside industry experts differentiate our financial magazine from others and provide additional points of view for our readers. Previous guest authors have included John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard; Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Charles Schwab; and Nobel laureate and Yale professor Robert Shiller.
We hope you’ll enjoy our articles and, if you’re not a member, consider joining the Association so you can get our prestigious magazine sent to your door every month.
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