If you’re holding primarily domestic stocks, you may not be as diversified as you think. So writes Jeffrey Kleintop, chief global investment strategist with Charles Schwab & Co., in a…
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Graham and Buffett Back-to-School Picks
There’s a wide range of expectations for the retail sector with respect to this year’s back-to-school shopping results. In a recent article for Forbes, Validea CEO John Reese offers some…
Key Pillar of the Market - Share Buybacks - Could be at Risk
Rock-bottom interest rates allow the market to stay higher for longer than it would otherwise, writes Steven Russolillo in this week’s Wall Street Journal. One factor that could end the…
Low Volatility Makes Chasing Yield Risky
In the current low-volatility, low-yield environment, investors are attempting to recoup lost revenue by betting that things will stay calm. This according to a recent article in The Wall Street…
Stock Fundamentals from Buffett, Graham and Greenblatt
Amidst the tumult of today’s markets and economy, making investment decisions can be challenge. A wise approach, according to a recent Forbes article by Validea CEO John Reese, is to…
Hulbert Highlights Indicators of an Overvalued Market
There are six strong reasons why today’s bull market is on “weak legs” according to Mark Hulbert in a MarketWatch article from earlier this month. He offers the following chart…
Focus on the Cold, Hard Facts & Fundamentals
While the importance of numbers in finance may seem painfully obvious, it’s not unusual to hear people discuss markets and investments in terms of opinion and hearsay. In a recent…
Active vs. Passive Results Linked to Market Cycles
Fees contribute heavily to the variance in performance among active and passive fund managers. A recent article in Investment News says that, according to Morningstar data, “higher fees have the…
Fundamentally Solid Value Picks in the Spirit of Graham and Doddsville
In his revered 1984 speech at Columbia Business School, Warren Buffett referred to the strong track records of a group of prominent value investors as follows: “A concentration of…
Gold and Stocks on Different Paths
The inverse relationship between gold and stocks has never been this pronounced, according to an article in this week’s MarketWatch. However, it also references analysts’ opinions that the two may…