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Year to date, the Oberweis Octagon screen leads all approaches tracked by AAII, up 42.9% through the end of July. Such a high return is very tempting when the market is up only 6.3% over the same period.

Early retirement and financial independence have become increasingly popular concepts.

In recent weeks, US markets have reached record highs. However, fundamentals do not justify the rallies. Prepare for a rough ride. Recently, three US stock indexes achieved record heights.

Valuation – The School Bell Rings! It’s Time For Class! by Aswath Damodaran, As most teachers do, I mark time in academic rather than in calendar years and as September dawns, it is New Year’s eve for me and a new class is set to begin.

Forty-five years and counting. We’ve been on a debt spree since the early 1970s when we went off the gold standard, covering every possible angle. Trade deficits, government deficits, unfunded entitlements, private debt — you name it! Our total debt has grown 2.5-times GDP since 1971.

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available? There are at least 38 different Financials ETFs and at least 178 ETFs across ten sectors.

It is fascinating to witness the rapid increase in demand for index funds and similar passive investing vehicles, and by no means should that be surprising to anybody.

Hedge funds are looking to bulk up their algorithmic divisions to an extent never before seen. A recent Bloomberg Brief article notes demand for quants is outstripping supply, as the mostly chill math geeks prefer a laid back California tech culture to the conformity of Wall Street.

Are stocks in a Bubble? The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) is trading at historical highs but that information alone does not mean we’re in a bubble. In order to answer to this question we have to see stock prices in comparison to other metrics such as earnings or sales.