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December 11, 2007- Vol 1, Issue 31
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Are P/E ratios dangerously high in today's US markets?  We look at an analysis based on Graham-Dodd's approach of using ten years of historical data, and we provide our own thoughts on whether today's P/E levels reflect an added degree of risk in the market.

A group of three researchers have studied the performance of mutual funds that are closed to investors, and specifically those that subsequently 'cloned' new funds.  We review their findings and analyze the implications for advisors that own such funds.

Karla Paxton provides the latest installment in her series of articles on becoming an independent RIA, this time examining the decision to use an outsourcing vendor for your operations.

Our article last week on FundGrades generated a lot of interest.  We provide two tables that will be valuable to advisors using FundGrades to evaluate mutual funds.

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How High are Today's P/E Ratios?

An article this summer looked at Graham and Dodd's recommended methodology of using ten years of historical earnings data when computing P/E ratios, arguing that this calculation reveals an added degree of risk in the market.  We review the article and present our own analysis.

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Are Closed Mutual Funds Better Performers?

It is common for mutual funds to close to new investors, and in many cases these funds 'clone' new funds with the same investment objective and fund managers.  New research looks at the performance of closed funds that clone new funds, and we show the implications for advisors holding these funds.

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Freedom Through Independence: Outsourcing Your Operations

Outsourcing your accounting, data collection, portfolio management, and other aspects of your operations offers new RIAs important advantages over using in-house systems.  Karla Paxton looks at the tradeoffs in the outsourcing v. in-house decision, and provides a checklist to use when selecting an outsourcing vendor.

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Follow-up to our Story on FundGrades
 
We provide two tables that will help advisors when they evaluate mutual funds using the FundGrades system.

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