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Passively Managed Funds and Heuristic Biases: New Challenges and Opportunities
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July 8, 2014 by Ivan V. Sichkar

The structure of financial markets has changed with the rapid growth and popularity of passively managed funds. Passively managed funds …
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Category: Behavioral Finance, Finance | Tags: benefits of index funds, diversification benefits, Heuristic Biases, index funds, jump on the bandwagon, leptokurtic, loss aversion, passively managed funds, representativeness, short-term trading, structure of the stock market, systemic risk, volatility
Forecasting the Future Stock Market Performance for the Year-End 2014
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December 8, 2013 by Ivan V. Sichkar

It is the Holiday Season and we would like to make a new tradition here at ECNFIN by reviewing the …
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Category: Economy, Finance | Tags: forecasting future stock returns, future US stock market performance, GDP and S&P500, GDP behind the stock market performance, GDP effect on the stock market, S&P500 Index at the end of 2014, S&P500 Index forecast, stock market and GDP, Stock market forecast, Stock return in 2014
Fair Use of Revenue Sharing in a 401(k) Plan
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November 18, 2013 by Ivan V. Sichkar

Today, plan sponsors and fiduciaries of retirement plans have knowledge of all the fees being charged to their 401(k) or …
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Category: Finance | Tags: 401k cost, 401k plan, direct method to rebate revenue sharing, fair use of revenue sharing, investor cost in a 401k plan, participant cost in the retirement plan, retirement cost, retirement plan, retirement plan cost, revenue sharing, transparent 401k cost structure
Gross Domestic Product Behind the Stock Market Performance
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March 25, 2013 by Ivan V. Sichkar

The U.S. economic growth measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has significant influence on the U.S. stock market performance …
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Category: Economy, Finance | Tags: forecasting S&P 500, future economic growth, future investment return, future S&P 500, future stock market performance, GDP and S&P 500, linear regression, return on S&P 500, S&P 500, S&P 500 Index, stock market, understanding performance of the stock market
Outcome of Social Security Tax Increase on GDP Growth in 2013
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January 17, 2013 by Ivan V. Sichkar

Starting at the beginning of 2013, withholding for Social Security tax increased to 6.2% from 4.2% that an employee used …
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Category: Economy | Tags: consumption, GDP, GDP in 2013, multiplier effect, personal saving rate, Social Security Tax
President Barack Obama Re-Election Can be Good for the US Economy
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November 8, 2012 by Ivan V. Sichkar

Having new information as to who the next President of the United States will be and knowing the structure of …
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Category: Economy | Tags: Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, debt limit, economic prosperity or a recession, Fiscal Cliff, fiscal policy, interpreting results of presidential election, monetary policy, Presidential Elections, stimulative monetary policy, structure of the US Congress, US economy
Simple 50/50 Asset Allocation Model – Proven to Withstand the Financial Crisis of 2008
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October 7, 2012 by Ivan V. Sichkar

Introduction A simple 50/50 Asset Allocation Model is based on a passive two-asset class portfolio. It was built to reduce …
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Category: Finance | Tags: Asset allocation model, dynamic risk management, market timing, Simple 50/50 Asset Allocation Model, strategic asset allocation, tactical asset allocation

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