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…
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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…
Buffett's Affinity for Insurance Stocks
Warren Buffett’s first investment foray into the insurance industry occurred with his purchase of National Indemnity Company in 1967, and his relationship with the sector has grown in spades over…
Channeling Buffett and Lynch for Top Stock Ideas
Successful long-term investing is less about finding the next big thing and more about finding well-run businesses with reliable returns and buying those stocks without overpaying, according to a recent…
Hulbert: A Balanced Portfolio is the Better Choice
An all-equity portfolio “barely produces better returns than a mix of stocks and bonds,” writes Mark Hulbert in last week’s MarketWatch. This isn’t a prophecy of an imminent bear market,…
Pricing Powered Picks from Buffettology-based Model
Even though inflation has been nearly non-existent, it’s important for investors to understand the potential impact it could have on an equity portfolio. In a recent article for TheStreet, Validea…
"Presidential Cycle" Stunted by the Fed says Grantham
The phenomenon of robust stock market gains during the third year of a president’s term—coined the “presidential cycle” by fund manager Jeremy Grantham—may have been “killed off” by the Fed,…
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In these videos, Validea founder and CEO, John Reese, walks you though the research and tools available on Validea.com. On Validea, you can see how over 6,000 stocks stack up based on…
Fidelity's Contrafund: One Manager's Mission
Will Danoff, the manager of Fidelity’s $108 billion Contrafund– the biggest actively managed stock or bond mutual fund run by a single person—believes that “humans have fundamental investing advantages that…