THE AAII JOURNAL MAY 2023 ISSUE
COVER ARTICLE
What Helps and Doesn't Help Find Top-Performing Stocks
What drives stocks to be the number-one stock in the S&P 500 in terms of one-year returns is surprises.
Features
in First Cut Stocks,Dividends,Stock Strategies
Lift off With Rising Dividend-Paying Stocks
Rising dividend-paying stocks have historically provided higher cumulative returns with lower levels of volatility than non-dividend-paying stocks over long-term holding periods.
in AAII Stock Ideas
Charles Kirkpatrick’s Approach to Beating the Market With Relative Rankings
A market technician, Kirkpatrick developed mechanical processes for finding outperforming stocks and overcoming emotional decision-making.
in Trading Strategies,Technical Analysis
Using Volume and Conviction in Trend Analysis
When used properly, conviction can assist in evaluating a price move’s relevancy, trend strength and probable direction.
in PRISM Wealth-Building Process,Transition to Retirement,Retirement Planning
A One-Page Wealth-Building Plan to Get a 60-Year-Old Couple to Retirement
The years leading up to retirement involve many important decisions. A simplified plan is essential to keep you on track.
in AAII How-To,AAII Stock Ideas
Unlock the Power of Customization on AAII.com
By tailoring your AAII.com experience to your personal preferences, you can have the resources that are most relevant and valuable to you right at your fingertips.
in Financial Planning,Retirement Planning,IRAs
The Rules Regarding Retirement Account Rollovers
Terms and tips to help you decide whether to transfer retirement savings from one account to another.
in ETFs and Mutual Funds,Mutual Funds,Exchange-Traded Funds,Quarterly Mutual Fund Update,Quarterly ETF Update
Growth and Technology Mutual Funds and ETFs Exert Muscle in First Quarter
The first quarter of 2023 arguably left investors with whiplash, from March’s banking havoc to vast changes in expectations about the Federal Reserve’s next policy moves.
Notes & Opinions
in Editor's Note
A Suggestion for How to Speculate on Stocks
Investment adviser Martin Fridson discusses how to identify the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index.
in Dispatches,Retirement Planning,IRAs
Auto Rollovers May Lead to Account Abandonment
Employees whose retirement plan assets are automatically rolled over into an IRA when they leave their jobs are at greater risk of losing track of their accounts.
in Dispatches,Stock Strategies
Has the January Effect Widened?
A study hypothesized that the January effect may have expanded to include the second half of December and the first half of February.
in Dispatches,Stock Strategies,Small Cap Value Investing,AAII Model Portfolios
How Shadow Stock Metrics Have Evolved Over Time
AAII's Model Shadow Stock Portfolio is based on data showing an advantage to investing in small and deep-value stocks.
in AAII Community,Tax Strategies
Take Control of Your Taxes to Get the Most out of Your Investments
The AAII Tax Strategies Community provides a space where members can ask questions, access resources and exchange insights with other members on a range of tax topics.
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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