http://www.netvouz.com/infor626/tag/caution?feed=rss infor626's bookmarks tagged "caution" on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.69/a-caution-related-to-classic-investment-books.html A caution related to classic investment books - Personal Investment Management > Scientific Investment Best Practices Articles - Financial Articles, Individual investors should exercise caution when applying the tactics of older, classic investment books to current markets. The more handcrafted, seat of the pants, and individual actor approach to the securities markets in the pre computer, pre networking era has given way to different practices. Therefore, it is important not to confuse valid investment principles with the tactics that were used to implement them in the past. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.61/morningstar-ratings-should-be-used-with-caution.html Morningstar Ratings should be used with caution - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, Investors appear to use the five star Morningstar Rating system as a shorthand metric to identify supposedly superior funds. Unfortunately, the stars do not seem to identify funds with persistently superior future performance. However, the stars may help to identify inferior funds that are more likely to continue to perform poorly in the future. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/use-caution-with-classical-investment-books-104.htm Use Caution with Classical Investment Books - A Tip from The Skilled Investor Individual investors should exercise caution when applying the tactics of infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT