The PBS Newshour reports on recent market volatility, noting a series of contributing events. Liz Ann Sonders of Charles Schwab said, “a lot of [the current volatility] really is unfisnished…
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No Time to be a "Hero" says DoubleLine's Gundlach
Advisor Perspectives reports on a recent market outlook presentation by Jeffrey Gundlach, who it describes as a “prescient and accurate forecaster.” Gundlach said: “Now is not the time to be…
How Value Traps Can Pull You In and Spit you Out
A post in Institutional Investor highlights a “value trap” that arises when stocks appear cheap but are within a sector that “experience[s] high levels of asset growth [then] collapse.” Examples…
We May Be More Than Half through A Bear Market
Mark Hulbert writes in MarkWatch: “not infrequently, a bear-market declaration often amounts to little more than closing the barn door after the horses have left.” A bear market is typically…
No Bear Market says Cooperman
Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors doesn’t think a bear market is coming. He quoted Sir John Templeton: “Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and…
Six Valuation Measures Indicate Market is Still Overvalued
Mark Hulbert opines in MarketWatch that “The stock market has to fall a lot further before the valuation indicators will be blowing in the direction of higher prices.” He looks…
The Year Ahead: "We Have No Idea," Says Recent Analysis
A recent report on the market year ahead began, “We have no idea.” Authored by Paul Hickey, Justin Walters, and George Pearkes, the report published by Bespoke Investment Group describes…
Personal Finance is Personal Writes Housel
Financial analyst Morgan Housel draws a parallel between medicine and investing to make a simple, but important, point: “personal finance is deeply personal” so “coming up with a solution that…
Four Stand-out Managers Over the Long-term
Barron’s profiles the four fund managers whose funds had, as of November 30, beat the S&P 500 for one, three, five, 10, and 25 years under their management. These are…
How Market Surprises can Impact your Thinking
Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal highlights the effects of surprises on investor psychology, drawing on neuroscience and historical events back to the 18th century. Robert Shiller of Yale…