An article in Registered Rep magazine in November tells the market forecast of Curtis Teberg, a portfolio manager based out of Minnesota. Teberg puts the Dow at 16,000 by December 31st, 2007, a 33% increase over its value on October 1st.

Finding the Hot Spots is another excellent book from Wiley. David Riedel makes a convincing case at both the macro and micro levels for global investing.

There comes a point in many investor’s lives when they decide to dabble in the stock market. I consider this to be a turning point in the life of an investor, a coming of age in which one graduates from a passive strategy and demands more control over their investments.

I’ve recently finished reading The Little Book of Value Investing by Christopher H. Browne. It was an excellent follow-up to The Little Book that Beats the Market.” For those who are unfamiliar with these books, they are part of a relatively new series from Wiley called “Little Book Big Profits.”

Someone once asked me what the best financial investment is. While this is a fairly subjective question, I answered real estate, and I think many others would as well. Countless fortunes have been derived from land ownership and real estate investing including my very favorite example: In 1626, Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from the Dutch West Indians for $24.

WisdomTree Investments plan to launch 20 exchange-traded funds. This is the largest daily release of ETFs to enter the market (June, 2006). The common characteristic of the WisdomTree family is dividends.

ETF Investor is delighted to publish an exclusive interview with Vanguard Group “ETF Boss” Noel Archard (pictured left). Noel Archard heads Vanguard’s VIPERs® Institutional Sales Team. He was previously responsible for the product management of the VIPERs® lineup across multiple business lines within Vanguard.

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Many people don’t understand the differences between stocks and bonds. It occurred to me recently that even those who invest in these types of securities through either personal investment accounts or retirement plans can’t really articulate what the differences are.