Greenwich Associates Founder Charles Ellis says investment fees are eating away a bigger chunk of portfolios than many investors think. Ellis tells WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack that most active money…
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High-Dividend Stocks for the Gurus
In his latest column for MSN Money’s Top Stocks, Validea CEO John Reese highlights a handful of high-dividend stocks he thinks are worth a look right now. “In the months…
Time to Stop Market-Timing?
The investment world has become increasingly focused on the short term in recent years, with investors trading in and out of stocks at a rapid pace. But MarketWatch’s Jeff Reeves…
Gross' Forecasts for 2013
PIMCO’s Bill Gross says the “New Normal” should continue in 2013, and he expects both stocks and bonds to return less than 5% for the year. Gross also sees unemployment…
Top Dividend Manager Talks Strategy
T. Rowe Price’s Tom Huber, whose Dividend Growth fund is in the top 13% of funds in its category over the past five years, according to Morningstar, says that tax…
Contrarian Indicators Flashing Buy Signals
John Buckingham of Al Frank Asset Management and The Prudent Speculator newsletter says that, as a contrarian, he’s been seeing a number of encouraging signs recently. “Our market outlook as…
How Ben Graham Is Still Beating the Market Today
While Benjamin Graham’s classic The Intelligent Investor was written over six decades ago, the Defensive Investor strategy he laid out in it remains a winner, Validea CEO John Reese writes…
Small, Illiquid, and Cheap: A Winning Combo
In a column for Canada’s Globe and Mail, Norman Rothery says that, while many investors focus on popular, frequently traded stocks, the real profits lie in smaller, illiquid shares. “While…
Five Reasons for Optimism
In his bi-weekly Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese offers his take on the markets and investment strategy. In the latest issue, John looks at five reasons he’s optimistic about…
Shilling: Bond Prices to Rise in 2013
Economist Gary Shilling is betting on bonds over stocks in 2013. “I think you play it with a ‘risk-off’ kind of approach,” he tells Yahoo! Finance’s The Daily Ticker. “And…