If you’re like most investors, you gravitate toward popular, hot stocks. But John Buckingham of Al Frank Asset Management and The Prudent Speculator newsletter says you’re better off keying on…
Category: Behavioral Finance
Can You Rewire Your Brain To Be More Like Buffett?
Is it possible to rewire your brain so you think more like Warren Buffett? In a recent Wall Street Journal column, Jason Zweig takes a look at one successful fund…
Romick: "We're In The Business Of Looking For Bad News"
Morningstar Fund Manager Of The Year Steven Romick isn’t finding a lot of bargains in the markets right now, but in a recent WealthTrack interview he did discuss some areas…
Like Peter Lynch Said, You Gotta Believe
In his latest column for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John Reese invokes mutual fund legend Peter Lynch in discussing the importance of staying disciplined when the market gets rough. (more…)
AQR Takes On "Momentum Myths"
Momentum stocks have taken a hit recently, but those who say that indicates momentum investing is not a profitable long term approach are dead wrong, say the authors of a…
How To Profit From The Behavioral Biases Of Others
Top fund manager John W. Rogers Jr. says investors often fall prey to behavioral biases, and good value investors can benefit from that. (more…)
Why Investors Underperform Their Own Funds, And The Market
Investors may not be as dumb as one often cited study suggests, according to Jason Zweig, but their hot-stock-chasing ways still keep most from faring well over the long haul.…
Study: Investors Continue To Lag Market -- By A Lot
Dalbar Inc.’s latest Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) is out, and –once again– the results show that most investors continue to shoot themselves in the foot. (more…)
Why Greenblatt Altered His Approach
While he hasn’t changed his general value investing approach, hedge fund guru Joel Greenblatt has changed the way he implements that strategy. The reason? Many investors just can’t handle the…
Shiller: Some Tech Looks Like A Bubble
Yale Economist Robert Shiller says that some tech stocks look and feel like they are in a bubble right now, but that it doesn’t seem as bad as the late…