For many years, argues Jason Zweig in last month’s Wall Street Journal, “many fund managers haven’t done much managing at all.” Instead, he writes, they track market indices and “buy…
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Emerging Markets on The Rise
After a run of disappointing performance, emerging market stocks are perking up, says Validea CEO John Reese in a recent article for Nasdaq. Since January, this class of securities has…
Avoid Investing Inertia
When investors sit on the sidelines in fear of “missing out,” that may be precisely what they end up doing, says Allen Roth in last month’s Wall Street Journal. Roth,…
Returns Look Low Going Forward
“In an industry dominated by promises of higher return investors need to ask higher than what?” This question is posed in a recent Barron’s article (provided by Research Affiliates) which…
Holiday Season Stock Picks
Amid the continued swirl of political rhetoric and speculation about the likelihood and timing of a shoe dropping in the stock market, holiday sales prospects still look good. In an…
Greenblatt on Gotham's New Fund
Guru investor Joel Greenblatt—Columbia University professor and co-founder of Gotham Asset Management–has consistently made a strong case for value investing and created a series of hedge funds and mutual funds…
Low Cost and Know-How Key to Active Management Success
In an interview with Morningstar, Vanguard’s Daniel Wallick shares his perspective on how investors can successfully use active management. With respect to investors becoming “a bit disillusioned” when they see…
Mullen to Bet $1 Billion on Housing Market
A decade ago, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cashed in on a big bet against the housing market with the help of Donald Mullen Jr., but a Wall Street Journal article…
Healthcare Picks for the Long Term
While the inner workings of and interactions between the various healthcare industry branches are extremely complex, demand for its products and services is not likely to wane. In an article…
Shiller on Behavioral Economics
An interview with Robert J. Shiller, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics, was recently published in Pacific Standard magazine. The discussion centered on the advent of behavioral…