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January 3, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
“Active managers” are hedge and mutual funds that constantly trade in and out of stocks to outperform the market. The opposite of active management is (you guessed it!) passive management, also known as indexing. An index fund holds stocks from a specific segment of the market, or index. Each stock is held in exact proportion to its weight in that index. The most common form of indexing is exchange-traded funds (ETFs). If you want to invest in the S&P 500, for example, you buy the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). As the index performs, so the fund performs. If active managers are supposed to be so good, why do they keep underperforming the market and passive index funds? And what could change that? The answer will surprise you… 2021: What Went Wrong?
December 31, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
6 out of 10 fund managers failed to beat the market benchmarks in 2021. After 2020 saw record-breaking stock gains, why was this year so difficult? In his last YouTube video for 2021, Ted Bauman explores what happened to the investment game this year. Then he explains how to improve your odds of finding investment winners in 2022. 2022: The Big Picture
December 29, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, News
“Predictably unpredictable.” That’s 2021 in a nutshell. The last month was a real doozy. We’ve had a suddenly resurgent pandemic, a major Federal Reserve pivot and stocks swinging in all directions. Many of those same variables will stay in play for the stock market as we head into 2022. Ted put together a terrific list of what to watch for. So, for my 2022 predictions, I pondered a few big-picture challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. Let's get the obstacles out of the way first... EVgo Your Own Way, A Meta Called Quest & Who’s Your GoDaddy?
December 28, 2021 Great Stuff
EV Come, EVgo? Read up on your favorite stock — will it put on a show? Hear Mr. Great Stuff say it’s a game of EV come and EVgo (Nasdaq: ). But I wonder, does he know? Has he ever invested like this? And I know that he’d be here right now if I could […] 2022: What I See Coming
December 28, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, News
This is my last Bauman Daily of the year. As is customary on such occasions, herewith I present my predictions for 2022…