New Manager at Pimco is Paying Off

The Pimco Income Fund, managed by Dan Ivascyn, has returned 10.6% over the past 12 months alone and, according to last week’s Bloomberg, investor money is “pouring in at pace…

Active Management is Alive and Well

An article in last month’s Enterprising Investor outlines some interesting insights into how active management is “alive, thriving and adding value across trillions of dollars of assets worldwide.” The author…

Warren Buffett's Turnaround on Tech

Warren Buffett bent his “no tech” rule with major investments in both IBM and Apple, and made recent headlines by significantly increasing his stake in the latter to the tune…

Buffett Can Bend His Own Rules

When Berkshire Hathaway buys pricey stocks of companies that pay hefty dividends and repurchase shares, it may appear to go against his mantra of “never lose money,” since a short-term…

The S&P 500 May Follow Its Own Path

Based on technical analysis of stock market movements, an 85-year trend for the S&P 500, “shows the equity benchmark could rise past 4,000 in the next eight years—an 81 percent…

Five Picks for the Common-Sense Investor

How should an investor address the ever-present question as to whether an exciting, media-saturated stock is actually a sound opportunity? In anticipation of Snapchat Inc.’s IPO, Validea CEO John Reese…

Stock-Picking Strategies from Barron's Veteran

Advocating a flexible approach to stock-picking, a recent article by Barron’s veteran Andrew Bary offers some guidance that incorporate the ever-successful strategies of Warren Buffett while emphasizing the importance of…