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What is a Fiduciary?

FIDUCIARY   DEFINITION:   A person legally appointed or authorized to manage assets for another person. The fi du ci ary manages the assets for

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What are S&P Bond Ratings?

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rates the creditworthiness of thousands of corporate and governmental bond issuers as does Moody’s and Fitch. Credit ratings, ratings outlooks and ratings changes are a huge influence on bond prices. It is important to recognize that credit ratings represent only the opinion of the issuing rating agency and that those opinions can sometimes prove to be wrong……

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Good, Clean Fun with Numbers: Benford’s Law

One cannot have too many numbers, really. Imagine you have a data set that includes many numbers, like U.S. city populations, or the odometer readings for all the cars in an area. Look at only the first digit of each number in your set of populations or mileage, and count each time 1 through 9 occurred. Each number should occur about the same number of times. You would have about the same number of 1’s as you would of 2’s or 3’s, right? The correct answer is somewhat more fun.

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How is your investment performance?

At Successful Portfolios LLC we systematically track the performance of every client account including closed accounts and non-discretionary accounts. Why? Because we care about our performance and your investment returns.

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What is a Fiduciary?

FIDUCIARY   DEFINITION:   A person legally appointed or authorized to manage assets for another person. The fi du ci ary manages the assets for

Read More »

What are S&P Bond Ratings?

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rates the creditworthiness of thousands of corporate and governmental bond issuers as does Moody’s and Fitch. Credit ratings, ratings outlooks and ratings changes are a huge influence on bond prices. It is important to recognize that credit ratings represent only the opinion of the issuing rating agency and that those opinions can sometimes prove to be wrong……

Read More »

Good, Clean Fun with Numbers: Benford’s Law

One cannot have too many numbers, really. Imagine you have a data set that includes many numbers, like U.S. city populations, or the odometer readings for all the cars in an area. Look at only the first digit of each number in your set of populations or mileage, and count each time 1 through 9 occurred. Each number should occur about the same number of times. You would have about the same number of 1’s as you would of 2’s or 3’s, right? The correct answer is somewhat more fun.

Read More »

How is your investment performance?

At Successful Portfolios LLC we systematically track the performance of every client account including closed accounts and non-discretionary accounts. Why? Because we care about our performance and your investment returns.

Read More »
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