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July 4 Reading Material for ETF’ers : A Closer Look at Wall Street

MarketsMuse Editor Note: Below excerpt courtesy of ETF Industry Icon Ron Delegge from his best selling Gents with No Cents is a great teaser for any and all wing-tip types who are looking for a fun read while enjoying the July 4 holiday weekend. Ron’s day job includes publishing the ETF Guide and providing The Portfolio Report Card. (see below for links!)

gents with no centsPreserved deep within a corporation’s bowels is an extraordinary creature unlike any other — the corporate executive. Before you’ve even started your day, he has already been on a three-hour conference call with Asia about a big merger. Before that, he was yelling at Europe while you were tucking in the kids. Most people sleep when they sleep, but he works. The corporate executive is not a lazy man.

In our examination of corporate executives, we must remember to never judge. We must also remember that a stereotype is not a stereotype, especially if it’s true. Continue reading

How Smart is Smart Beta?

MarketsMuse Editor Note: We keep reading and hearing about “smart beta”, including (among many others) the front page story in today’s WSJ.  Intrigued with this ever-popular ‘trend’ among professional fund managers, we noticed that Google documents 16,000 references to this phrase alone. Turning the page, we discovered the below snippet courtesy of ETFguide.com’s Ron Delegge. Its a good watch..and Ron keeps on tickin’

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