The advice typically given to investors is to “ignore the level of the stock market and never attempt to time it. Meanwhile, “writes Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar, “the industry’s brightest…
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Bridgewater's Arguments Against Fed Rate Hikes
Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, told clients that the Federal Reserve is making a mistake by raising interest rates. This according to a recent article in Business Insider.…
Being a Successful Investor Requires Planning and Tenacity
By John Reese — In a YouTube video from 2009, Succeeding author John Reed tells his audience that to achieve success, a person must say to themselves: “Here are my…
Yale's Trouble with Timber
Yale University’s endowment fund has a chunk of timber holdings, an effort to hedge against inflation, but the holdings are raising controversy as some believe it puts large expanses of…
Value Investing Trends
A recent Morningstar article addresses the persistent lackluster performance of value stocks and whether it is a temporary situation or something more permanent. According to participants in this year’s Morningstar…
Insights on Increasing Concerns Regarding Quant Funds
A recent article in Institutional Investor recalls the “quant bloodbath of August 2007” and offers insights regarding if and how the increased popularity of these strategies and the associated rise…
Buffett's Investing Advice
Billionaire investing phenom Warren Buffett shares a synopsis of his career path history in a recent article for Forbes, recalling his early passion for reading about investing and the heavy…
In the Hunt for Black Swans, Disciplined Investing Strategies are Best
By John Reese — Imagine a scenario in which you’re unsure about directions, so you ask a friend if you could follow him in your car. He happily agrees, then…
Hulbert: Value vs. Growth Valuation Spread Widest Since 2000
Earlier this month, price spread between value and growth stocks was the largest it has been since 2000, writes Mark Hulbert in a recent MarketWatch article. Hulbert offers data from…
The Bridgewater Culture and "Principles" of Ray Dalio
Westport, Connecticut-based Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund firm in the world, was one of the first to “embrace quantitative analysis,” according to a recent article in The New York…