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March Madness: Final Four Investing Bracket 2015

  Welcome to the fifth year of our March Madness Investing Bracket! This series of articles is always one of the most popular investing articles on the internet! We’re proud to admit that we were ...

Robo-Advisors: How do you like your hair cut?

... provides portfolio management online with minimal human intervention. You might not be aware of these offerings but with several large firms introducing new strategies this year it is a safe bet that you ...

3 Main Criteria for Selling a Stock

... year-end and one stock is down -40% and another is up about the same percentage, sell them both! We’re not CPA’s but you don’t need to be one to take advantage of the Wash Sale Rule. After 30 days (assuming ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: January 2015 Performance Update

... For those with short-term memories, allow us to remind you how the “experts” said the bull market would end due to how we started the year out. (that doesn’t quite line up with how 2014 finished as a whole…does ...

The Black Thursday you likely never heard about…

...  Did a financial scandal occur? Earlier this month the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced it would abandon its three-year old peg of 1.20 Swiss francs per euro. Within minutes the Swiss franc skyrocketed ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: December 2014 Performance Update

... has been propped up for over five years is about to come to an ugly end. Before we tell you where which camp we think is right let’s first wrap up our year-end summary on all of the MPG Core Tactical ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: November 2014 Performance Update

... we don’t own it in this portfolio, it was one of our best holdings for My Portfolio Guide clients over the past year and a half. After unrealized profits north of 60% with INTC shares, we finally had to ...

Team My Portfolio Guide

... simply writing a check and walking away. Last year we decided to take our game to a new level – we created a team of individuals to raise funds and awareness for charities and compete in Ironman Arizona ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: October 2014 Performance Update

... haven’t seen a meaningful correction in years. The S&P 500 bounced back 7% in two weeks and in case you’re wondering…we’re once again bumping up against “overbought” conditions. This is the type of market ...

Experts and Amateurs are Wrong on REITs

...  not just this year but for decades!   Investing in real estate may not seem like something you need to do within your standard “stock and bond” portfolio. Some may argue that your house is enough exposur ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: September 2014 Performance Update

We’re headed into the last quarter of the year but in case you’ve missed why we’re running a series of articles around the topic of a “60/40 benchmark”, here’s a refresher: Click here to revisit ...

Bill Gross leaves PIMCO…Should you sell your funds?

... and considered to be the nation’s most prominent bond investor. Until last year he was responsible for managing the largest mutual fund in the world – the PIMCO Total Return Bond Fund (PTTRX). That title ...

"Don't let the tax tail wag the investment dog"

... Armour (UA) and InvenSense (INVN).   If you had purchased these stocks on the first trading day of this year (1/2/2014) you would be up 58% with Under Armour and up 20% with InvenSense. These numbers are ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: July 2014 Performance Update

... July brought people a wicked reminder of what the market can do if you let it put you to sleep. We haven’t seen a sharp drop like this in a few years and it certainly got your attention, didn’t it? We ...

Our Clients

My Portfolio Guide was founded after years of learning what investors really need from an advisory firm and a relationship standpoint. The financial services industry has changed dramatically and this ...

Our Fees

... wn with you and within five to ten minutes literally show you how to save thousands of dollars every year, we haven’t met our promise. Test us...and the compare that to what you have now. We welcome  ...

Under Armour (UA) : Buy, Sell, or Hold?

... in his playing days. The following year he introduced ColdGear fabric and quickly realized the company would outgrow the space it occupied in his grandmother’s basement. In 1998 the company moved to its ...

MPG Core Tactical 60/40: June 2014 Performance Update

... that we are actually in recovery mode the market will continue to march upwards. It is telling and ironic to note, however, that even after five years of economic growth this country is not trusting tomorrow ...