THE AAII JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE
COVER ARTICLE
The Individual Investor's Guide to the Top Mutual Funds 2023
Out of the more than 50 mutual fund categories covered in this year’s guide, just three realized positive returns last year.
Features
in ETFs and Mutual Funds
Tips for Choosing the Right Funds for Your Needs
Simple guidelines for deciding which funds are right for you. Plus, AAII’s tools and resources that can make your decision a cinch.
in Guide,Exchange-Traded Funds
The Individual Investor's Guide to the Top ETFs 2023
Despite the rough market conditions, three big trends continue to aid ETFs.
Notes & Opinions
in Editor's Note
Analyzing Funds Amid Widespread Losses
If you use our mutual fund and ETF guides to determine whether a current fund holding still deserves a spot in your portfolio, a few key questions can help you decide if the investment is a keeper or a stinker.
in Dispatches,Asset Allocation
Asset Class Group Returns: Short-Term Bonds Lead During a Rough Year
The year 2022 was a tough one for asset allocators as returns were down across the board.
in Dispatches
Dividends Help Investors Maintain Their Standard of Living
Investors who rely on their investments to maintain their standard of living throughout their retirement years often create “homemade dividends” by periodically selling shares.
in Dispatches
Millionaires Worry $1 Million Is Not Enough for Retirement
Thirty-five percent of high-net-worth investors think it will take a miracle to achieve a secure retirement, a survey found.
in AAII Community,AAII Stock Ideas
The Stock Metrics That Members Favor
Members share their thoughts on using the price-to-sales ratio to screen for attractive investments during a volatile bear market, as well as which metrics they tend to gravitate toward.
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.
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