Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: Does ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ Still Hold?One of the oldest adages on Wall Street — “sell in May and go away” — has held that it is in investors’ best interest to sell their stocks…2 min read·3 days ago----
Derek HorstmeyerCFA Institute: Does a Stock’s Price Influence Its Risk Profile?As a stock’s nominal share price falls, what happens to its risk profile? The answer to this question has important implications for…1 min read·Apr 12, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: Do Bond Ladders Really Work?As the Federal Reserve has signaled it will begin to cut interest rates this year, risk-averse investors have been turning to one bond…2 min read·Apr 5, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerETF Trends: The Impact of Currency Hedging on PerformanceWhen investors turn toward international and emerging market ETFs, they face an interesting choice around currency hedging. Should they…1 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: Once a Hot Stock-Market Trend Has a Name, Its Best Days Are Likely PastOnce a stock-market trend has been identified and named — think FAANG or the Magnificent Seven — the headiest gains are typically past…2 min read·Mar 1, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: All Money-Market Funds Have the Same Yield, Right? Not Even CloseMoney-market mutual funds were ignored by many investors over the past decade or so as their yields hovered near zero. That has changed…2 min read·Feb 2, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerCFA: Decoupling Correlations: Global Markets since COVID-19Correlations between world stock markets began to increase in the 1970s. This trend endured for nearly a half century as globalization took…1 min read·Jan 25, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: Hedge Funds for the Masses Deliver Ho-Hum Returns — and Have High CostsWhile hedge funds largely remain the domain of high-net-worth, accredited investors, ordinary investors have been able to dabble in the…2 min read·Jan 4, 2024----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: How to Use Industry ETFs to Ride Waves of MomentumMomentum-trading mutual funds, which try to hold stocks that benefit most from upward market trends, first appeared in the 1980s. There are…2 min read·Dec 3, 2023----
Derek HorstmeyerWSJ: Interest Rate Peaks and Your PortfolioWith the Federal Reserve signaling it could pause interest-rate increases if inflation continues to cool, a rate peak may be at hand in the…3 min read·Nov 6, 2023----
