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      This blog post is presented in response to questions and comments on recent articles I published.  Therefore, I offer this following post to clarify certain confusions that readers had. My articles were dealing with valuation...

A new study — “Highlights of Performance Analysis of Options-Based Equity Mutual Funds, CEFs, and ETFs” — analyzed SEC-regulated investment companies that focus on use of exchange-listed options for portfolio management (options-based funds). Key highlights...

The job of a good market strategist is to use both the right and left brain to analyze the markets. The left brain is usually thought of as the analytical and reasoning side - and investors can always use the reason, rigor and discipline of investment...

INVESTMENT STRATEGY STATEMENT January 3, 2017 I. Equity Markets A. Optimism Reigns! Stocks Climb a Wall of Hope. Following a brutal start to 2016 with the major stock market measures dropping -10.1% to -16.0% to the lows on February 11, all of the...

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”) today announced that First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (NYSE Arca: FVD), an index exchange-traded fund advised by First Trust, celebrated its 10-year anniversary while outperforming...