In a recent piece for The Motley Fool, Morgan Housel offers some interesting data on why trying to time the market is so dangerous. “There have been about 21,000 trading…
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Krugman: Austerity -- Not More Debt -- Is The Danger
Nobel Prize-winning Economist Paul Krugman is continuing to say that the U.S. needs to spend more — not undertake austerity measures — to get out of its economic malaise. Krugman…
Biggs Sees Market Weakness, But No Double Dip
Hedge fund guru Barton Biggs is expecting a few weeks’ worth of weakness for the stock market, thanks to lingering trouble in Europe and a slowing economy in the U.S.…
Grantham on Incredibly Irrational Markets
In his latest quarterly letter, GMO’s Jeremy Grantham offers some very interesting data on the disconnect between the stock market on one hand, and the economy and “fair value” of…
El-Erian: Macro Headwinds Battling Micro Strength
PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian says that the U.S. economy is having trouble gaining traction, as evidenced by the latest GDP report. El-Erian tells Bloomberg that in addition to the headline growth…
The Buffett Approach: Invest Like The Oracle
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Warren Buffett-inspired strategy, which has averaged annual…
Ritholtz: Don't Believe the Hype; American Future Is Bright
Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog says that, despite what the doom and gloom crowd says, America is not in decline. Ritholtz tells Yahoo! Finance’s Daily Ticker…
Mobius Bullish on Europe
Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says he is upping his exposure to European stocks, despite the continent’s lingering debt woes. “The stocks in the European countries have gone down excessively…
Reese: There's Value In Defense
Aerospace & defense stocks and those of other firms that rely on the government for their revenues are traditionally thought of as safe, defensive plays. Not today, however, with major…
Shiller: Housing Could Fall Further -- But Not By Much
Yale Economist Robert Shiller, who predicted the housing market crash, says he thinks home prices could fall further, but he doesn’t expect more major declines. Shiller tells FOX Business Network that…