It’s extremely common to hear investment commentators talk about “growth” and “value” as though they are polar opposites. But Validea CEO John Reese says not to buy that false notion.…
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Jim Rogers Sees A Global Bear Market Coming
Jim Rogers, known for the 4,200% gain he and partner George Soros secured over a decade in the 1970s, told a Barron’s interviewer that he sees a significant bear…
5 Signs of a Surviving Bull Market, Says Schwab’s Sonders
Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist with Schwab, believes the bull market will continue. She points to: The lack of new net inflows into equity mutual funds (unprecedented in a…
Four Ways Barry Ritholtz Says Amateur Investor’s Can Jiujitsu Professional Investors
Earlier this month, Barry Ritholtz of Ritholtz Wealth Management suggested in his Washington Post column that amateurs may be able to beat professional investors. Countering Charles Ellis’ suggestion that amateur…
Would Lynch, Buffett, and Graham Like Apple, Facebook, and GE?
How do Apple, Facebook, Berkshire Hathaway, and other market giants stack up against the strategies used by history’s greatest investors? In his latest column for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John P.…
Two Types of Investing Inside Baupost, One of the World's Most Successful Funds
A letter by Brian Spector of Baupost, encouraged and endorsed by the firm’s iconic value-investing president Seth Klarman, gives a rare inside look at this secretive investment firm. As Business…
The “Art of Successful Investing” with Schafer, Gundlach, Ketterer (Part II)
In the second part of our highlight of Barron’s “Art of Successful Investing” conference, we find a number of interesting investment themes, predictions and new ideas from top investing experts.…
The "Art of Successful Investing" with Zulauf, Black, Herro & Priest (Part I)
Last month, Barron’s published stock picks of eight leading investors who participated in its AOSI conference. Below are several of the longer-term trends identified by these industry leaders. Felix Zulauf,…
Top Manager Borrowing From the Peter Lynch Playbook
Putnam manager Jerry Sullivan takes a three-pronged approach to picking stocks, including approaches reminiscent of Fidelity’s Peter Lynch, with whom Sullivan began his career. As a student intern 30 years…
Dan Fuss, the "Four Ps" and the Bond Market
Dan Fuss, vice-chairman of Loomis Sayles and manager of the Loomis Sales Bond Fund, has been in the fixed-income markets more than half a century. Over the last ten years,…