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The Closing Bell; Hoenig: In my final column, a look back at how the investing landscape has changed -- and hasn't changed -- over the past 11 years.
SmartMoney.comAfter more than 11 years, this is my last column for Smartmoney.com. The goal was to examine the craft of trading. As was pointed outfrom the onset, market discussion invariably dealt with what to buy, but was rarely focused on how to buy, ...
Businessmen Versus Bureaucrats; Hoenig: The government increasingly relies on force, rather than reasoning with people the way businessmen do.
SmartMoney.comThere are generally just two ways people deal with each other: with reason or with force. Reason is the businessperson's approach. Regardless if he is a trader, a CEO or lemonade-stand operator, the capitalist understands that if he wants ...
New ETFs Take 'Market Neutral' Approach; Hoenig: These exchanged-traded funds give retail investors access to strategies once strictly the purview of institutional ones.
SmartMoney.comExchange-traded-funds have continued to evolve rapidly, especially since the introduction of fixed-income ETFs, which we covered in this space almost a decade ago.
Dialing Up Europe's Troubled Telecoms; Hoenig: Despite the negative headlines coming out of Europe, some of the Continent's hardest hit telecoms may offer a buying opportunity.
SmartMoney.comIt might surprise you that in the late 1990s, emerging-market stocks were a tough sell to American investors. After years of chronic underperformance against then-popular growth stocks like Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle, the notion of ...
The Market Doesn't Follow Orders; Hoenig: Investors are delusional if they think their whims or desires have any influence on stocks.
SmartMoney.comStock market returns can't simply be ordered like a pizza. The market does what it does regardless of what we command, how much research we do, tweets we send or Internet message boards we post on.
The Economic Police State; Hoenig: Government intervention in the economy destroys wealth -- and freedom.
SmartMoney.comTaking a page from the United States, Argentina announced plans last week to stimulate its stagnant economy with no-cost housing loans. The idea is to boost growth by intervening in the supposedly "free" economy. It won't work.
Why Active Traders Make Bad Traders; Hoenig: Making money in the markets doesn't come from trading, but from holding on to winners.
SmartMoney.comIn the markets, just as in life, we usually end up finding what we go looking for. And the problem with most traders is that they're seeking the rush of speculation. They like to buy and sell investments more than they like to make money.
Bloomberg Won't Flatten Soda Stocks; Hoenig: Despite the New York City mayor's proposed ban on large servings of sugary drink, many makers are poised to keep rising.
SmartMoney.comMore than 45 years ago, writer and philosopher Ayn Rand said, "All tyrannies have originated, not for an evil, but for an altruistic purpose -- the desire 'to do something' with mankind." Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
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