Sound Investing

Do you know what common mistakes can cost retirees a fortune and lead to many sleepless nights? Recalling Warren Buffet’s quote about success – “To be a success you only have to do a very few things right, as long as you don’t do too many things wrong” – Paul lists 20 mistakes, along with specific advice how …

Paul addresses how investors can protect themselves from harmful Wall Street advice. He also answers the question, how good is indexing likely to be? And he discusses Tony Robbins, gold, and his new video.

How do you choose the best small cap value ETF? How do you help grandchildren pay for college? How do you decide between a money market fund and a short term bond fund? How do you get the most out of ETFs? Why not put more of your portfolio in emerging markets? Paul answers these questions from his …

What should investors do about the recent global loss of over $2 trillion? Should you get out – or reduce your exposure – to international equities?  Should you sell and go to cash until the smoke has cleared? Should you reconsider your overall equity exposure? Paul addresses these questions, along with a little about his new video, available …

Paul responds to 10 comments and questions about the article, “How to turn $3000 into $50 million.” This article has produced more comments and questions than any other he has written for MarketWatch in more than three years. In some cases, Paul points out how short-sighted investors can be and, in others, he tries to find ways to make people comfortable with …

In this podcast Paul discusses the 12 investment decisions all first time investors must face.  He speaks to both the parents, as well as the young investor, about the life changing impact good decisions can have on the young investor’s future.  There are a couple of important links mentioned in the podcast. https://paulmerriman.com/ultimate-buy-hold-portfolio/

The Hulbert Financial Digest has been closed. HFD was to financial newsletters what Morningstar is to the mutual fund industry. HFD tracked the performance and risk of over 200 newsletter portfolios. Paul shares what he learned from subscribing to HFD for over 30 years. He discusses newsletters that recommend low-risk to very-high-risk PORTFOLIOS using individual stocks, mutual funds, …

Paul speaks with Ken Roberts of Ken’s Bulls and Bears about investing yesterday and today, understanding risk, fiduciary responsibility versus suitability of investment advisors, asset class diversification, retirement distributions and how to change your luck by taking certain actions.

Paul compares seven major differences between Vanguard and Fidelity.  His research indicates the difference between the funds could lead to an additional .25 to 1.5 percent a year… money that could feather your nest, not Fidelity’s.

Paul discusses the huge changes in expenses that are due in part to the debate between the “Fiduciary Standard’ that investment advisors work under, and the “Suitability Standard” that brokers apply to their recommendations. While a mutual fund’s expense ratio is the most commonly discussed variable, it turns out there are other factors that may be even more …