Receive notifications of when the latest edition of the AAII Journal has been posted to AAII.com. http://www.aaii.com/journal June 3, 2013 09:00:00 CST Using Seasonal and Cyclical Stock Market Patterns http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal May 3, 2013 09:00:00 CST Should You Maintain an Allocation to Bonds When Current Rates Are Low? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal April 1, 2013 09:00:00 CST Portfolio Rebalancing: Observations From 25 Years of Data http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal March 1, 2013 09:00:00 CST The Top Mutual Funds Over Five Years: The Bear’s Claw Marks Remain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal February 6, 2013 09:00:00 CST The Individual Investor’s Guide to the Top Mutual Funds 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal January 3, 2013 09:00:00 CST The Individual Investor’s Guide to Personal Tax Planning 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal December 3, 2012 09:00:00 CST The Permanent Portfolio: Using Allocation to Build and Protect Wealth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal November 1, 2012 09:00:00 CST AAII’s Best of the Net: 2012 Guide to the Top Investment Websites, 16th Edition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal October 1, 2012 09:00:00 CST Target Date Funds: A Simple Premise, but Underlying Complexities http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal August 31, 2012 09:00:00 CST Charles Dow’s Theory Still Valid for the 21st Century http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal August 1, 2012 09:00:00 CST The Individual Investor’s Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal July 2, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: Finding the Right Withdrawal Rate: One Key to Portfolio Sustainability http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal June 6, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: The Alternative Portfolio: Diversifying Away From a Traditional Allocation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal May 2, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: The Diversity of Municipal Bonds and What You Need to Know About Risks ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal April 2, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: Comparing a Bucket Strategy and a Systematic Withdrawal Strategy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal February 29, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: The Top Funds Over Five Years: Bond Funds Take the Lead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal February 3, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: The Individual Investor's Guide to The Top Mutual Funds 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal January 5, 2012 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "2011 Year-End Screening Review: A Difficult Year for Stocks and Strategies" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal December 7, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "The Individual Investor’s Guide to Personal Tax Planning 2011" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal October 31, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "AAII's Best of the Net: 2011 Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites, 15th Edition" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal October 3, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Magic Numbers: Reduce the Math of Annuities to Simple Arithmetic" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal September 1, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Retirement Spending on Planet Vulcan: Longevity Risk and Withdrawal Rates" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal August 3, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "The Individual Investor’s Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds 2011" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal June 30, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Adding Alternative Investments to a Stock/Bond Portfolio" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal June 1, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Picking the Right Stocks Using Charts" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal May 2, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "How Your Buy and Sell Orders Get Filled" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal March 30, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Four Fundamental Tests Every Stock Investor Should Use" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal March 1, 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Stock Price Movements Are Unpredictable" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Feurbary, 8 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "The Individual Investor's Guide to Top Mutual Funds 2011" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal January, 10 2011 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "The Individual Investor's Guide to Personal Tax Planning for Tax Year 2010" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal December, 02 2010 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "International Diversification: Why It Still Makes Sense" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal November, 03 2010 09:00:00 CST Featured Article: "AAII's Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites, 14th Edition, 2010" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal October, 07 2010 10:00:00 CST Featured Article: "The Individual Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds 2010" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal September, 01 2010 10:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Vehicles for Investing: Commodities or Commodity Companies?" -- Commodities provide both opportunities for profit and a hedge against inflation. Find out how to invest in them. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal August, 05 2010 12:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Financial Metric Shenanigans" -- Companies can use financial metrics to mislead investors. Being alert and paying attention to the definitions can expose such tricks. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal July, 02 2010 2:40:00 CST Featured Article: " How Much Should You Have in Equities Until Retirement? " -- A more conservative investment strategy might not do as well as a more aggressive strategy. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal June, 08 2010 11:00:00 CST Featured Article: "Deficits, the Fed, and Rising Interest Rates: Implications for Bond Investors" -- Making your bond portfolio more, not less, diverse is the best strategy given the uncertain outlook for interest rates. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal May, 05 2010 16:50:00 CST Featured Article: " Investing in Health Care Reform" -- Health care mutual fund managers reveal which industries could benefit and which could suffer from the new law. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal May, 05 2010 16:50:00 CST Featured Article: " Investing in Health Care Reform" -- Health care mutual fund managers reveal which industries could benefit and which could suffer from the new law. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal April, 02 2010 11:29:00 CST Featured Article: "Why Technical Analysis Matters" -- Chart watching can help investors make better decisions. A six-step process can take a stock from an idea to a decision to buy or sell. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Mar, 02 2010 14:46:00 CST Featured Article: "Do's and Don'ts of IRA Investing" -- Complicated and restrictive rules can lead to unintended problems. Learn which assets and transactions are allowed and which are not in an IRA. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Feb, 03 2010 10:11:00 CST Featured Article: "Individual Investor’s Guide to the Top Mutual Funds" -- Our annual Individual Investor’s Guide to the Top Mutual Funds has a brand new format this year. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Jan, 05 2010 14:35:00 CST Featured Article: "The Portfolio Review: Why It Is Important and How to Do It" -- Since regular reviews are the foundation of successful investing, resolve to evaluate your portfolio. Julie Jason explains how. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Individual Investor's Guide to Personal Tax Planning for Tax Year 2009" -- Our annual tax and financial planning guide is designed to help you assess your current tax situation and plan for any changes that may improve your tax liability both this year and next. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Nine Timeless Rules for Investing in Mutual Funds (and ETFs)" -- Articles that propose some arbitrary number of rules for doing something can be surprisingly seductive. This article focuses on the arbitrary number of 9--but the underlying rules themselves are critical if you invest in mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, or are contemplating investing in them. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: " The Individual Investor's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds: 2009" -- Our annual survey covers over 750 stock and bond exchange-traded funds, plus information on how they work and what you need to know about investing in them. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's Best of the Net: Our 2009 Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites" -- Our Best of the Net ratings go to investment Web sites that provide investment information or services that are useful, substantial and available for free or at a reasonable price. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Surviving a Loss: Smart Steps for Coping With Widowhood" -- If you have recently lost your spouse, you are confronting many changes. Because financial planning at this stage involves both a person's emotional state and financial state, many widows are pushed to make unwise decisions, or to make changes before they are ready. Smart steps for widows to take when the time is right. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Bear Market Grads: What You Should Learn From the Financial Crisis" -- Stock indexes remain substantially below their peaks, banks are in lousy shape, and governments around the world are running huge deficits. The market has been a brutal teacher, but there are important lessons to be learned from the crisis--and positive steps investors can take going forward. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: " Taking Aim at Your Retirement: A Look at Target Date Mutual Funds" -- There is an appealing simplicity in the concept of target date funds, but making the right choice among the many offerings and understanding how the funds work is not quite as simple as it appears at first glance. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Dividend Puzzle: The Relationship Between Payout Rates and Growth" -- Do moderately high dividend payments increase or diminish stock values? The studies are mixed, but a look at the recent performance of stocks in the Dow indicates that firms with yields over 2% may indeed provide better capital appreciation. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Top Funds Over 5 Years: Surviving the Claws of a Bear Market" -- To be rated tops, a mutual fund must beat a benchmark, and the crucial benchmark is peer group performance over five years. Who are the current top performers and how did they outperform their peers? A look at the top funds and how they managed to distinguish themselves. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Top Funds Over 5 Years: Surviving the Claws of a Bear Market" -- To be rated tops, a mutual fund must beat a benchmark, and the crucial benchmark is peer group performance over five years. Who are the current top performers and how did they outperform their peers? A look at the top funds and how they managed to distinguish themselves. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "2009 Discount Broker Guide" -- AAII's annual survey can help you find the right broker. This year's survey covers 51 firms that refer to themselves as discount. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Stocks for the Long Term: Why Prospects Are Rosy" -- You already know the bad news concerning stocks. The good news is that based on today's depressed prices, long-term stock prospects appear above average. A look at some of the evidence that supports a rosy multi-year stock outlook, and a framework for applying these forecasts. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Your Portfolio: Maintaining Perspective" -- Financial turmoil can prompt an emotional response that causes investors to flee stock holdings. But this can cause long-term harm to your portfolio. Instead, you need to put things in perspective and stick to the fundamental rules of investing. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Individual Investor's 2008 Exchange-Traded Fund Guide" -- Our annual guide this year features over 700 exchange-traded funds. Included is a compete listing of all existing stock and fixed-income exchange-traded funds, plus information on how they work and what you need to know about investing in them. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's Best of the Net: 2008 Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites, 12th edition" -- Our Best of the Net ratings go to investment Web sites that provide investment information or services that are useful, substantial and available for free or at a reasonable price. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Measuring Managers' Mettle: A Revealing Investment Gauge" -- A critical part of the investment evaluation process is gauging management effectiveness, quality, and character. Surprisingly, this is often disregarded by Wall Street. What to look for to determine whether management can be trusted. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Will Your Savings Last? What the Withdrawal Rate Studies Show" -- Determining a "safe" withdrawal rate for retirement savings is a tricky balancing act for retirees. If it is too large, they may run through assets too quickly, but if it is too little, their lifestyle will be below where it could be. Many studies have attempted to determine the "maximum" safe rate. Lessons from what the studies have found. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's 2008 Direct Purchase Plan Guide" -- Want a simple, low-cost way to invest in a firm? One approach is to go straight to the source, using direct purchase plans, which allow you to buy shares directly from the company without a broker. This year's annual guide lists over 430 plans. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Turmoil in the Muni Market: What's Going on With Municipals?" -- Losses from the current credit market crisis have affected bond insurance firms--firms that guarantee municipal bonds--and placed the entire municipal bond market under a cloud. There has been little clarity about how the problems affect the bonds under guarantee. Shedding some light on what's going on in the muni markets. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Peerless Performers: The Top Funds Over 5 Years" -- To be rated tops, a mutual fund must beat a benchmark, and the crucial benchmark is peer group performance over five years. Who are the current top performers, and how did they outperform their peers? A look at the top funds and how they managed to distinguish themselves. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "2008 Discount Broker Guide" -- AAII's annual survey can help you find the right broker. This year's survey covers 52 firms that refer to themselves as discount, 45 of which offer on-line trading. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "Master Strategists for 2007: AAII's Top Stock Screens" -- The fiercest battle in 2007 was not among the strategists, but against the market itself. Nonetheless, the top strategist's win was decisive: The O'Shaughnessy Small Cap Growth and Value methodology closed the year up 43.9%. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Our year-end tax guide is now on-line and available for your review. The guide is a simple tool that helps members keep up with ever-changing tax laws and diminish the bite of the tax collector. It includes last-minute reminders for the current year and an investor’s tax strategy guide for the coming year. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/aLe3cK_zmSM/taxguide http://www.aaii.com/guides/taxguide Take a moment and review our on-line collection of the best AAII Journal articles from 2007. It’s a must-see collection of investment information and knowledge--hand picked for your review by AAII’s own Maria Crawford Scott. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/-uymRdIi2CQ/bestof.cfm http://www.aaii.com/journal/bestof.cfm Featured Article: "A Performance Tape Measure: How to Benchmark Your Portfolio" -- Is your fund portfolio on the right track to achieve your goals? Benchmarking provides a performance tape measure to see how well your funds have done individually and as a whole. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "The Rule #1 Approach to Finding Wonderful Companies" -- Warren Buffett’s #1 rule of investing is: Don't lose money And how do you accomplish that small feat? By investing in wonderful companies at attracive prices, according to Phil Town, author of a new book that outlines his approach. A look at AAII's new stock screen based on Town's methodology. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal Featured Article: "AAII's Best of the Net: Guide to the Top Investment Web Sites, 11th edition " -- Our Best of the Net ratings go to investment Web sites that provide investment information or services that are useful, substantial and available for free or at a reasonable price. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AAIIJournalIssueUpdate/~3/ag1d7P5c0pQ/journal http://www.aaii.com/journal