The more you try to do with your portfolio, the worse your returns will often be, according to hedge fund guru Joel Greenblatt. In a column for Morningstar.com, Greenblatt explains…
Category: Behavioral Finance
Advice from the Best -- In 10 Words or Less
Could you distill your investment philosophy into 10 words or less? In his latest post for The Wall Street Journal’s Total Return blog, Jason Zweig poses that question to some…
Dreman Likes U.S. & Canadian Markets
Contrarian guru David Dreman says he’s finding the biggest investing opportunities right now in North American stocks. Dreman tells Canada’s Globe and Mail that over the long term — the…
Paulsen: Turn to Unloved Sectors in 2012
Wells Capital’s Jim Paulsen thinks the European debt crisis will fade into a “chronic problem” rather than a crisis in 2012, which will help the economy and stocks perform better…
What the VIX Is Telling Investors
In his latest MarketWatch column, Mark Hulbert says a successful timing model is showing that stocks are approaching “buy” territory. Hulbert looks at an approach that moves to an all-cash…
Grantham's GMO Not As Gloomy On Stocks As You Think
While Jeremy Grantham’s GMO has been gloomy about the outlook on stocks, the firm’s head of asset allocation says there are also good opportunities in the market right now. “We…
Ritholtz on Individual Investors' Greatest Enemies
Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture blog and FusionIQ says investors need to know who they are up against when managing their portfolios — and says that to find perhaps…
Paulsen: Invest While Afraid
Wells Capital’s Jim Paulsen says that investors can feel free to worry about Europe’s debt crisis, but that it shouldn’t stop them from owning stocks. Paulsen tells Yahoo! Finance’s Breakout…
Winters, Davis See Gloomy Climate As Buying Opportunity
Top fund manager David Winters says that now is not the time to be fleeing stocks, and that he feels “like a kid in a candy store” because of the…
O'Shaughnessy On How To Deal With The "Cruel Beast"
The emotional ups and downs of the past few years have had many investors jumping in and out of the stock market in alternating bouts of fear and relief. Quantitative…