Unloved but promising stocks were just the ticket for Investment guru John Neff. While managing the Windsor Fund for more than 30 years, his conservative approach earned an average 13.7%…
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Gold Medal Investing with the Gurus
The world continues to be captivated by the Olympic Games and its requisite fanfare. Competitors from all over the globe have assembled to reap the rewards of hard work, dedication,…
The Markets and Economy Under Past Presidents
There’s a tendency among the masses to judge our presidents on the state of the economy during their terms. However, says a recent article by Morgan Housel of The Motley…
The Trading Effect
In psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect is the hypothesis that people assign more value to things they own. Past studies have shown that experienced securities traders are less susceptible to…
Investors Looking to Quants for Fund Management Muscle
As hedge fund managers continue to grapple with losing dissatisfied clients, those funds more highly-focused on a computer-driven approach (so-called “quantitative” hedge funds) are standing out, the Financial Times reports. According…
Is the Gold Hedge Really Just All Hype?
These days, gold looks particularly shiny to investors who are trying to mitigate risk in an uncertain global economy (so far this year, gold is up 29%). But an article…
Think Twice Before Using the Forward P/E Ratio
The financial industry has managed to confuse investors by implying that stocks are attractively valued based on their forward price-earnings ratios. This according to Joachim Klement, CFA, in a July…
Batten Down the Hedges?
August, typically one of the slowest months for Wall Street, has the reputation for being one of the more unstable for the financial markets. This according to an article in…
What Makes a Great Investor? Count to Ten.
“Perhaps the single greatest error in the investment business is a failure to distinguish between the knowledge of a company’s fundamentals and the expectations implied by the market price,” writes…
Augmented Reality Craze and Stock Picks
Earlier this month, Pokémon Go took the augmented reality world by storm, sending throngs of folks into the streets hunting monsters. In his latest article for TheStreet.com John Reese, CEO…