Eric Tyson

Recent Articles in Preferred Portfolios and Investments

Rush for the Exits with Rising Interest Rates and Falling Bond Prices?

Oct 6, 2015

Could bond fund prices fall sharply due to bond market liquidity problems?

Update: Sell Stocks, Buy Gold?

Jul 23, 2015

The drumbeat of pundits and prognosticators saying to buy gold (and dump stocks) is getting louder

Is Harbor International Fund Still Recommended Despite Change in Leadership at Fund?

Jul 15, 2015

Is this long-term winner worthy of your future investment dollars?

Should You Only Invest in Index Funds and Shun Actively Managed Funds?

Jul 2, 2015

Here's some data and analysis to help you make that important decision

Dealing with Your Fears About a Stock Market Correction and Downturn

Jun 16, 2015

A surprising perspective on wishing for stock market declines

What Are Wall Street Brokerage Firms Telling Their Customers About Stock Market Investing Now?

Jun 2, 2015

A little known indicator is signaling where stocks are likely headed next

Developing Better Investing Habits

Apr 29, 2015

Overcoming the obstacles that cause investors to earn below market average returns

This Stock Market Valuation Measure is Signaling a Potential Major Turning Point

Mar 24, 2015

What is the indicator and how reliable have its previous warnings proven?

Asset Allocation Made Ultra-Simple: the 60/40 Solution

Mar 12, 2015

Is there an ideal asset allocation for investing in stocks and bonds?

Stock Market-Like Returns Without Stock Market-Like Risk

Mar 6, 2015

This managed allocation fund continues delivering robust returns with relatively modest risk

What are Reliable and Useful Mutual Fund Ranking Systems?

Mar 5, 2015

What criteria maximize your chances of selecting the future's top performing funds?

Update: Hedge Funds: Promises of Greater Returns With Less Risk

Feb 20, 2015

What's the reality that hedge fund investors experience and how does that stack up compared with fund investing.

Updated Model Portfolio Recommendations

Feb 12, 2015

Mutual fund and exchange-traded fund recommendations for active and index portfolios

Evaluating a Widely Used Mutual Fund Family Ranking System

Feb 11, 2015

Identifying major flaws in highly touted fund survey

Will Higher Interest Rates Slam Stocks?

Feb 9, 2015

Analyzing the arguments and reasoning for lower stock prices once interest rates rise

Update: Robert Shiller's 10-Year Average Price-Earnings Ratio Says Stocks Overvalued

Feb 3, 2015

A look inside his analysis (and something I tipped readers off to in April 2009)

With the Continued Out Performance of the U.S. Stock Market, Where to Invest Now?

Jan 16, 2015

Are interest rates falling again a return of deflationary worries from 2008?

Updated Mutual Fund Model Portfolio and Latest Changes

Nov 21, 2014

What funds and allocations to use to minimize risk while earning decent long-term returns

Evaluating Health Savings Account (HSA) Investment Options

Nov 12, 2014

Comparing an annuity to mutual funds in an HSA

Update: The Next Bear Market is Right Around the Corner…

Oct 17, 2014

So says a leading mutual fund advisor is his recent newsletter

Getting Cash Invested in Stocks and Other Investments

Sep 25, 2014

Dealing with Stock Market Fears, Inertia and Dow 17,000

Assessing Fund Diversification When Approaching Retirement

Sep 19, 2014

Understanding what makes a portfolio “unbalanced” and “riskier” than necessary

Picking Your Own Stocks Versus Investing Through Funds

Aug 7, 2014

Some folks can do better investing in individual stocks, right?

Index Fund Investing: Addressing Fact versus Fiction

Jul 18, 2014

What is the truth about investing in index funds?

Is Investing in Commercial Real Estate a Better Alternative to Holding Bonds?

Jun 24, 2014

The Attractiveness of 12 Percent Annualized Returns Compared to Low Bond Yields

U.S. Stocks are Expensive. U.S. Stocks are Cheap.

Jun 3, 2014

Divergent views on the U.S. stock market’s valuation and which view is most likely correct

What Changes are Occurring in Emerging Market Stock Markets?

May 23, 2014

Implications for U.S. and Global Stock Markets

An Updated View of Likely Stock Market Returns

Apr 10, 2014

Leading Investment Newsletter Alters U.S. and Overseas Stock Allocations

Are Stocks Overpriced After Having Climbed Sharply for Five Years?

Apr 4, 2014

An examination of current stock valuations versus historic norms

Scary Parallels to Dow Jones Industrial Average 1928-29 Chart and Now?

Feb 13, 2014

An analysis of similar charts and what it may mean for a high current U.S. stock market

If You Don't Have Fears About Stock Market Investing, You're Probably Not Normal!

Feb 11, 2014

How to overcome stock investing worries and what investments to use

Hardly Anybody Likes Investing in Emerging Market Stocks in 2014

Jan 30, 2014

Large recent underperformance and currency woes scaring off investors

Investing Made (Pretty Darn) Simple

Dec 23, 2013

Has analysis paralysis set in? Tired of examining mutual funds, ETFs and other options? This simple one page chart can get your money invested intelligently in a snap!