Mad Money Machine

by Paul Douglas Boyer

Own it all

Now you can own everything in two simple steps: CWI and TMW. The CWI is the SPDR® MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex-US ETF (AMEX: CWI) which includes developed and emerging markets stocks outside the United States. The CWI ETF is the first of its kind to offer comprehensive international exposure to both of […]

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Fri, January 26 2007 » Announcements » 6 Comments

See the new poll?

I have a new poll for you to answer. How often do you want a new Mad Money Machine podcast? Click your answer then press the “Vote” button. Choose carefully and wisely because I may respect your wishes.

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Thu, January 25 2007 » Announcements » 5 Comments

Cramer on Colbert

Just like I can never get enough monkeys picking stocks, I can never get enough Cramer or Colbert…

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Sat, January 20 2007 » Announcements » 2 Comments

More Monkeys Picking Stocks

I just can’t ever get enough of monkeys picking stocks. In the four years since Mr. Monk, wearing an NFL shirt in support of the Bears, has chaired and inspired the Sun-Times stock-picking contest, his stocks have posted annual returns that beat the major indexes each time.

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Fri, January 19 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on More Monkeys Picking Stocks

Russell Indexes the Entire Globe

Russell Investment Group, of Russell 2000 index fame, announced yesterday the creation of several global indices including THE Global index. It will contain 10,000 stocks and will cover 98% of the equity investing universe. I looked around to see if I could find out what the VALUE of this index is currently, but no joy. […]

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Thu, January 18 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Russell Indexes the Entire Globe

Lazy Portfolios

If you haven’t figured it out yet, you should know that I like being lazy. Lazy portfolios won again last year. Paul B. Farrell has another great article about the lazy portfolios. Oh, and by the way, compare their results with the IFA portfolios. The 3- and 5-year winner, the Aronson portfolio, had 15.4% and […]

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Wed, January 17 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Lazy Portfolios

Two good articles for you today

First up, Ben Stein’s Investing Strategies for the New Year. By my calculations his recommended portfolio from last year went up 20% in 2006. Let’s see what he has to say for 2007. Hopefully, not much change, right? And a new article from the guru of show 49, Henry Blodget, says “Don’t Buy the 10 […]

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Thu, January 11 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Two good articles for you today

Stock(s) of the year watch is on

See down the right-hand side of this page? (http://MadMoneyMachine.com for you feed readers) I have put into a Yahoo stock widget all nine of the stocks that Jim Cramer said were his stocks of 2007. You can click on each one to get a chart and see their performance. Remember, its not just that they […]

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Tue, January 9 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Stock(s) of the year watch is on

Businessman? nahhhh. Inventor and Genius? Oh yahhhh.

Your results: You are Iron Man Iron Man 75% Hulk 65% Superman 55% Batman 55% The Flash 55% Supergirl 48% Spider-Man 45% Robin 43% Green Lantern 30% Wonder Woman 23% Catwoman 10% Inventor. Businessman. Genius. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

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Tue, January 2 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Businessman? nahhhh. Inventor and Genius? Oh yahhhh.

Happy New Year: Some Announcements

I have some announcements for you: 1. YOU can be a part of the 2007 Portfolio Smackdown. Get an account at the MarketWatch Virtual Stock Exchange (VSE) and take your pretend $100,000 and see if you can beat the IFA Indexfolio(tm) 100>. Try to pick stocks Cramer-style or any style you wish to see if […]

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Mon, January 1 2007 » Announcements » Comments Off on Happy New Year: Some Announcements

Thanks, BOD Slots filled, Merry Christmas

Wow, thanks everyone for volunteering to be on the MMM Board of Directors. We have over 20 participants and I think that is enough for me to keep track of next year. If you want to participate in the other Portfolio Smackdown slash Investment Guru Challenge, go to vse.marketwatch.com and search for the MadMoneyMachine.com game. […]

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Sat, December 23 2006 » Announcements » Comments Off on Thanks, BOD Slots filled, Merry Christmas