Kent Thune

Kent Thune

InvestorPlace Contributor

Kent Thune, CFP, is a financial professional that helps individuals and businesses achieve their goals through a variety of delivery methods, including investment advice, financial planning and writing. Kent is the owner of a registered investment advisory firm, Atlantic Capital Investments, LLC, and has been providing investment management services for clients all around the U.S. for 22 years. Although he shares his best ideas with his clients, Kent has been writing on mutual funds, ETFs, and capital markets for more than 10 years and has been published at some of the world’s most widely read websites, such as Seeking Alpha, Kiplinger, MarketWatch, The Motley Fool, The Balance, and InvestorPlace.

Recent Articles

Don’t Ignore Gross Expense Ratio

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

What is the difference between gross expense ratio and net expense ratio? Which one should you analyze and why does it matter?

3 Best Defensive Funds to Protect Your Portfolio

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

The best defensive funds are ones that can provide decent returns in the latter stage of a bull market but also minimize losses when the bear is in full swing.

How to Prepare Your Portfolio for a Bear Market

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

When you're expecting a bear market, don't just jump from stocks to cash. There's a better way to prepare portfolio.

3 Best Mutual Funds for ‘Sin Stocks’

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you want to invest in sin stocks, mutual funds are an ideal way to capture sinful returns in this sub-category of consumer staples.

3 Bear Market Funds to Profit From Pain

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

Buying bear market funds can be a smart way to add diversity to your portfolio, and hedge against a southbound market. Here are 3 of the best options.

5 Schwab ETFs – Premium Products, or Generic Also-Rans?

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

Should you consider buying Schwab ETFs? How do their offerings match up against some of the more established ETF shops?

3 Best Mutual Funds for Junk Bonds

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you want to buy the best mutual funds to play junk bonds, you need to find the best high-yield bond fund managers.

Russian Stocks – Should You Buy? (And If So, How?)

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

Is now a buying opportunity in Russia? And if you do want to pull the trigger, which funds are best for getting exposure to Russian stocks?

Why You Should Ignore Mutual Funds’ Five-Year Returns Right Now

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you think analyzing five-year returns is a good way to find a fund right now, think again. These mutual funds show that certain time periods can be deceiving.

The Very Best of Janus Funds

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor

Check out the best funds Janus has to offer and see if any of their high-flying funds of the 90s have returned to glory.

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