Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalHey financial media: Stop ignoring dividends!I want to share an investment tactic I’ve been reading a lot about lately. Actually, I’ve been reading about it for years, but it’s caught…Jul 26, 2017Jul 26, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalOne Simple Way to Deceptively Beat the MarketYou may have heard that Fortune is teaming up with Barclays to create an investable index to track the Fortune 500 list. Until now, Fortune…Jun 30, 2017Jun 30, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS Capital4 times 5% is … I have no ideaBig leverage and big lossesMay 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalDesigning a bizarre Closed-End FundHow the hunt for yield is hurting investorsMay 3, 20173May 3, 20173
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalStocks for the next 10 years … from 10 years agoI was sorting though some of my dad’s papers, and came across this article: “The Ten Stocks for the Next Ten Years.” It’s from April 2007…Apr 18, 2017Apr 18, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalThere’s optimism, and then there are small cap earnings estimatesHere is a graph of the analyst consensus estimate for Earnings Per Share on the Russell 2000 for the current fiscal year. (Don’t worry —…Apr 7, 2017Apr 7, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalOverfit data … in a financial quiz?Earlier this month, Fidelity published the results of a study they conducted on financial literacy. I’ll link to it later, but for now it…Mar 29, 2017Mar 29, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalThe high volatility returns no one wants to talk aboutIn my last post, I discussed low volatility stocks, which tend to have low betas but high alphas. Now let’s take a look at high volatility…Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalThe hidden value in low volatility stocksConsider the performance of SPLV, the Powershares S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF, compared to the S&P 500 index:Mar 10, 2017Mar 10, 2017
Eric NewmaninTFS CapitalThe hidden 83.9% tax on volatilityThe Wall Street Journal published a well-timed article over the weekend about volatility:Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017