The concept of quantitative investing, while gaining a lot of limelight these days, is not a new concept, writes Validea CEO John Reese in a recent Nasdaq article. Reese offers a…
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Activist Dan Loeb is Sweet on Nestle
In a letter released to investors last month, Dan Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point announced that it owns approximately 40 million shares in Switzerland-based Nestle SA, according to a recentBloomberg…
Buffett's Patient Approach to Investing
In a recent article for Forbes, Validea CEO John Reese discusses Berkshire Hathaway’s current stockpile of cash and how Buffett, who Reese refers to as a “Patient Investor”, approaches both…
Hedge Funds Perform When Managers are Vested and Inflows are Limited
Research from NYU and Columbia University shows that hedge fund managers that invest in their own funds deliver the best results, according to a recent article in Institutional Investor. In…
Buffett now Largest Shareholder in Bank of America
Now that Bank of America got the Fed’s green light to up its dividend to 48 cents a share (a 60% hike), Berkshire Hathaway has decided to exchange its preferred…
Small Companies on the Decline, says Zweig
The number of publicly-traded companies has declined by half over the past two decades, with most of the decrease attributed to the smallest companies, writes Jason Zweig in last week’s…
Validea Hot List Newsletter: Mid-Year Review
Our June 30th issue of the Hot List Newsletter provides an overview of the market and economy for the first half of the year. Here are some highlights: The…
Index Fund Pioneer Warming to Computer-Generated Trading
Princeton economics professor Burton Malkiel, who started the first passive index fund for Vanguard in 1976, has experienced a “remarkable change of heart,” according to a recent article in the…
Odds of Recession in U.S. are Modest, Higher in U.K.
While, historically, an inverted yield curve (short-term rates above long-term rates) has preceded the end of a bull market and the beginning of a recessionary environment, a recent Barron’s article…
Berkshire's German "Eyes and Ear" Scouts Acquisition Targets
Berkshire Hathaway is known to rely on outside input to identify potential acquisition targets, and one particular European-based scout has become Buffett’s “eyes and ears” in Germany. This according to…