HBCU Money™ Business Book Feature – The Power of Passive Investing: More Wealth with Less Work

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Time and again, individual investors discover, all too late, that actively picking stocks is a loser’s game. The alternative lies with index funds. This passive form of investing allows you to participate in the markets relatively cheaply while prospering all the more because the money saved on investment expenses stays in your pocket.

In his latest book, investment expert Richard Ferri shows you how easy and accessible index investing is. Along the way, he highlights how successful you can be by using this passive approach to allocate funds to stocks, bonds, and other prudent asset classes.

  • Addresses the advantages of index funds over portfolios that are actively managed
  • Offers insights on index-based funds that provide exposure to designated broad markets and don’t make bets on individual securities
  • Ferri is also author of the Wiley title: The ETF Book and co-author of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Retirement Planning

If you’re looking for a productive investment approach that won’t take all of your time to implement, then The Power of Passive Investing is the book you need to read.

HBCU Money™ Dozen Links 10/28 – 11/1

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Did you miss HBCU Money™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. We have made some changes here at HBCU Money™ Dozen. We are now solely focused on research and central bank articles from the previous week.

Research

Go ahead geoengineers, hack the climate – it’s legal l New Scientist ow.ly/qojEI

Solar Now Accounts For 57% Of Chile’s Renewable Energy Pipeline l Clean Technica dlvr.it/4FDj0F

Grazing horses with other species equine l KY Equine Research ow.ly/q4wM6

10 tech terrors that will haunt your dreams l InfoWorld ow.ly/qokQw

Smart glasses help the blind see l New Scientist ow.ly/qol3F

The emerging turf battle between information and physical security pros l CSOonline shar.es/IdjYA

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

Since 2005, Rwanda has emerged as the regional champion in regulatory reform efforts l World Bank wrld.bg/qn2ts

Country with highest proportion of women in parliament: Rwanda (64%) l World Economic Forum wef.ch/r160z

Will digital money every completely replace cash? l World Bank wrld.bg/qnyGC

Egypt maintains rates, downside risks to limit inflation l Central Bank News dlvr.it/4F2tJY

A nation of renters? Not so, delinquent borrowers say l Housing Wire hwi.re/4F1Fxx

Africa’s food and beverage markets could grow to top one trillion dollars in value in 2030 l World Bank wrld.bg/pfvmS

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

The HBCU Money™ Weekly Market Watch

Our Money Matters /\ November 1, 2013

A weekly snapshot of African American owned public companies and HBCU Money™ tracked African stock exchanges.

NAME TICKER PRICE (GAIN/LOSS %)

African American Publicly Traded Companies

Citizens Bancshares Georgia (CZBS) $5.61 (0.00% UNCH)

M&F Bancorp (MFBP) $3.40 (0.00% UNCH)

Radio One (ROIA) $2.86 (0.00% UNCH)

African Stock Exchanges

Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM)  207.58 (0.07% UP)

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)  8 750.79 (0.31% UP)

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)  2 099.88 (75.03% UP)*

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)  133.87 (N/A)

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 45 561.08 (0.10% UP)

International Stock Exchanges

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 9 982.31 (0.27% DN)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)  3 583.77 (0.04% DN)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOPIX)  1 183.03 (0.94% DN)

Commodities

Gold 1 312.50 (0.85% DN)

Oil 94.92 (1.51% DN)

*Ghana Stock Exchange shows current year to date movement. All others daily.

All quotes reported as of 2:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

HBCU Money™ Business Book Feature – Masters of International Relations

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It’s probably fair to say that most practitioners and general readers find little of interest or value in most contemporary academic work in the social sciences, and that most social scientists are either unconcerned by such attitudes or attribute them to the failings of the consumers, not the producers. However, we here at Foreign Affairs—responsible for running a forum for policymakers, scholars, and general readers alike—believe strongly that intellectual rigor, practical relevance, and accessible presentation are not mutually exclusive. We believe, in fact, that when done right, they are actually mutually reinforcing.

In Masters of IR, we’ve decided to gather together a few of our most recent articles from some of the leading lights in international relations, showing just how the gap between scholars and policymakers can and should be bridged.

The collection features Francis Fukuyama, John Ikenberry, Joseph Nye, Robert Keohane, and Fareed Zakaria on the future of history, liberalism, and America. Stephen Brooks, John Ikenberry, and William Wohlforth debate Barry Posen on
U.S. grand strategy. Kenneth Waltz, Robert Jervis, and Richard Betts all chime in on Iran. Graham Allison discusses nuclear weapons, and Michael Walzer, David Campbell, and Robert Putnam talk humanitarianism and religion. Masters of IR also offers an introductory chapter by Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose.

HBCU Money™ Dozen Links 10/21 – 10/25

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Did you miss HBCU Money™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. We have made some changes here at HBCU Money™ Dozen. We are now solely focused on research and central bank articles from the previous week.

Research

Social engineering: How oversharing information can lead to disaster online l CSOonline

The Radical Right Wing Is Becoming An Unlikely Advocate For Solar Power l Clean Technica

Pairs of entangled photons that act as clocks demonstrate how time might be an illusion l New Scientist

A spate of extreme weather may be due to changing jet streams, but controversy’s in the air l New Scientist

Our scientists help cities save money using green infrastructure l EPA Research

Why does GPS drain your battery? A Google engineer explains l Network World

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

Financial Education is All the Rage, but Does it Really Work? l Council For Econ Ed

Find out why more people aren’t making the investment in a college degree l St. Louis Fed

House to vote on disapproval of debt ceiling suspension l Floor Action

Mortgage fraud rises alongside the housing market l Housing Wire

GOP assured government workers won’t ‘double dip’ on unemployment l Floor Action

Microsavings opens door for individuals to invest in themselves l St. Louis Fed

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.