In his bi-weekly Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese offers his take on the markets and investment strategy. In the latest issue, John looks at why so many mutual fund…
Category: Behavioral Finance
Study's Findings Challenge Loss-Aversion Theory
One tenet of behavioral finance is the “disposition effect” — the tendency for investors to sell winners rather than losers in their portfolio. And a common reason cited for why…
Investor Fears Have Rogers Sounding Bullish
Top fund manager John W. Rogers, Jr. says that the combination of lingering fear among investors and improving economic and corporate conditions are signaling a time to buy stocks. “Housing…
Hulbert on the Failed Correction
MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert says the stock market’s May-June correction failed to do what corrections are supposed to do: knock excessive optimism out of the market. Hulbert says that the average…
Bogle: Equities Aren't Dead
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says he doesn’t think the “cult of equities” is dead, but has a slightly below-average outlook for stocks. “If the culture of equities is dead, it’s…
Hot List Still Well Ahead of Market After Nine Years
In his bi-weekly Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese offers his take on the markets and investment strategy. In the latest issue, John looks at some lessons that can be…
Low Risk, High Reward?
While riskier stocks often catch investors’ eyes, Validea CEO John Reese says that stocks considered safe and boring often produce the best returns. “For decades, the investment world operated under…
Buffett's 50-Year-Old Words Still Ring True
While many investors think uncertainty has risen to unprecedented levels, changing the way they should invest, they need only look at some of Warren Buffett’s earliest letters to investors to…
The 10 Most Common Investor Mistakes
Barry Ritholtz says investors most often fail not because of crises and market turmoil, but instead because they don’t understand the very basic concepts of investing. “In my decades as…
Boring Stocks, Big Returns
In his bi-weekly Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese offers his take on the markets and investment strategy. In the latest issue, John looks at new research that shows “boring”…