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Calculate the value of $100000 in 1998 – Inflation on 100000 dollars – DollarTimes.com
June 15, 2014DollarTimes is a useful site, eg $100K in ’89 => $198K now or $100K in ’93 => $144K now.
http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=100000&year=1998 NPV #finance
In Fund Expenses, Tenths of a Point Mean a Lot – NYTimes.com
April 13, 2014In #Fund Expenses, Tenths of a Point Mean a Lot: $VTSMX gives 20% more return than active mgt (expenses .06% v 1.12%)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/business/mutfund/in-fund-expenses-tenths-of-a-point-mean-a-lot.html
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In an article last year in Financial Analysts Journal, William F. Sharpe, a Nobel laureate in economics, calculated that owners of the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund, a passively managed fund with annual expenses of 0.06 percent, could “look forward to having the funds saved for their retirement provide 20 percent more purchasing power” than owners of actively managed stock funds, with typical expenses of 1.12 percent.
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China’s Zhu Changhong Helps Steer Nation’s Currency Reserves – WSJ.com
July 22, 2013Fame for UChicago physics PhD via #finance China’s Zhu Changhong Helps Steer Nation’s Currency Reserves http://bit.ly/161vBT8 via @PDanese
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323664204578606301739504368.html
Fund management: The rise of smart beta | The Economist
July 12, 2013Better ways of weighting #stocks in an index MT @shortmsgs: Fund management: The rise of smart beta http://bit.ly/15lsGUO #markets
Better ways of weighting… than by market cap!
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