Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders thinks we’ll see increased volatility in the stock market, but expects stocks to continue to grind higher from here. Sonders tells Yahoo!…
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Yacktman Looks to Stocks, Not Gold, for Inflation Protection
Donald Yacktman, whose mutual funds have some of the strongest long-term track records around, says companies with good pricing power can be better inflation hedges than gold. Yacktman tells Bloomberg…
Is the Rally Done? Different Views from Two Market Minds
In interviews with BusinessWeek, Howard Ward (of Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO) and Whitney Tilson offer very different takes on where the market is headed following the recent pullback. According to Ward,…
"Random Walk" Author Malkiel: Keep It Simple
Burton Malkiel, the Princeton economist known for his book A Random Walk Down Wall Street and espousal of the efficient market hypothesis, hasn’t changed his beliefs after the recent financial…
Nygren: Don't Avoid Stocks
In a new interview with Minyanville.com, Oakmark fund manager Bill Nygren — whose fund is up 50% in the past year and ahead of the S&P 500 over the past…
Arnott on Why the 2000s Didn't Have to Be a "Lost Decade"
It’s no secret that the 2000s was a bad decade for the major U.S. stock market indices. The S&P 500 lost an average of 1% per year, some 3.6 percentage…
The Lost Decade? Maybe Not
The general consensus in the media has been that the 2000s was a “lost decade” for stocks, with major indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq…
Top Timing Newsletters Bullish Heading into 2010
As the new year approaches, the investment newsletters with the best track records of success in both up and down markets are on the whole bullish, MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert notes.…
Oberweis: Look to Small-Cap Growth, and China
Newsletter guru Jim Oberweis says that growth stocks are entering a period of above-average returns, and that small-caps and Chinese firms offer potential for serious growth. “While the overall U.S.…
Arnott, Inker: Tough Finding Values in Stocks -- or Bonds
With a variety of assets — from stocks to bonds to gold — up significantly this year, two top asset allocation strategists are urging a conservative approach heading into 2010.…