A recent article for Fortune by Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth Management says you can win any argument about the stock market by “simply changing your start or end dates…
Day: June 25, 2019
European Stocks Appeal to This Investor with $837 Billion
A recent article in Bloomberg reports that Manulife Investment Management is on the brink of overweighting European stocks after the region’s equities saw the worst tumble in more than three…
Yale's Endowment Fund Lagging the S&P 500
Although Yale University’s endowment fund—and its chief investment officer, David Swensen—have enjoyed a stellar reputation in the industry for decades, a recent article in Morningstar argues that the fund’s reputation…
Warren Buffett: Investors Should Stop Picking Stocks
Warren Buffett claims that owning the S&P 500 index through a low-cost index fund will deliver about the same results as if he chose the stocks, “and maybe slightly better.”…
Jim Grant on Upside-Down Interest Rates
In an article for Barron’s last month, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer founder and editor James Grant offers insights regarding the repercussions of an ultra-low interest rate environment. Grant quips, “You…