Kate Stalter is an investment advisor at Portfolio LLC. She is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Previously, she edited the "Low Priced Leaders" newsletter at TFNN.com and hosted Tiger Financial News Network's "Small Cap Roundup" radio show. She has been a stock-market columnist and video host at MoneyShow.com and currently writes for Morningstar Advisor magazine. From 2001 until 2010 she was a seminar instructor and market writer with Investor's Business Daily. She received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

It's important to realize that not all assets are designed to achieve the same objectives.
Playing the day’s news keeps a short-term focus that serves only a few individuals
Too many people make the mistake of confusing asset allocation with portfolio construction.
The objective of investing is to offset future liabilities and manage risk.
REITs give equity investors exposure to real estate without the headaches of managing property.
Owning every sector under the sun is not an investment strategy.
Here's another installment of our sector-selection picks, this time in the energy patch.
| May 05, 2013
| 1:23 PM EDT
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Some believe recent economic data prove the consumer will be wilting.
| May 02, 2013
| 7:48 AM EDT
While everybody wrings their hands about whether or not to sell in May -- and when exactly to sell -- managers with a lo...

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| 6:33 AM EDT
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