In this month’s Kiplinger’s magazine, PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian offers some interesting insights into diversification and risk management in an economic world that is in great flux. According to El-Erian,…
Category: Historical Lessons
Dreman & Dividends: Finding Value in The Market's Unloved
One of the hardest things to do as an investor is go against the grain. Being a contrarian by investing in stocks that no one else wants to touch with…
Buffett "Weighing Machine Metric": Time to Buy Stocks
A metric that Warren Buffett uses to assess the market’s valuation is now showing that it is a good time to buy stocks, Carol Loomis and Doris Burke write for…
J. Zweig on Forecasting & Black Swans
Jason Zweig unveils some great research in his latest piece for The Wall Street Journal (“Why Market Forecasts Keep Missing The Mark”). With all sorts of pundits making predictions for…
Reese on New Guru Model, Economy
In his latest Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese unveils a new guru-based stock selection model, and tells readers that continuing economic woes don’t have to mean continued trouble…
Grantham on Cycles, Bargains, and the "Creative Tension" Facing Stock Investors
In an excellent interview with Steve Forbes, Jeremy Grantham — the bear who called both the 2000 market crash and the recent plunge — discusses how he’s avoided the bursting…
Yale's Swensen: U.S. Should Have Learned Lesson in '87, '98
Yale endowment manager David Swensen, who has been one of the most successful institutional investors in the world for the past two decades, tells Charlie Rose that the underlying problems…
Data Shows Bottom "In Sight"
Using the research of Jeremy Siegel, Peter Brimelow and Edwin Rubenstein write on MarketWatch that stocks “can’t go all that much lower before getting to unsustainable depths”. The duo —…
Buffett: Fear Is Winning -- But It Won't Win In The End
In a wide-ranging interview with Dateline NBC’s Tom Brokaw, Warren Buffett says that fear is currently winning out over hope in the U.S. economy — but that he wouldn’t bet…
Study: Stock Prospects "Rosy" for Long Term
Examining historical trends in the 10-year price/earnings ratio, bond yield spreads, and equity risk level premiums, Professors Dale L. Domian and WIlliam Reichenstein make the case that now is a…