Legg Mason fund manager Bill Miller — who once beat the S&P 500 for a remarkable 15 straight years before hitting an ugly patch over the past couple years —…
Category: Market Valuation
Grantham: Economy Could Struggle for a While; Stocks Won't
A couple more tidbits from Jeremy Grantham: the long-time bear who recently turned bullish tells USA Today that the economy could be in store for a lengthy period of trouble.…
Dreman: Now Is One of Greatest Buying Opportunities of Your Life
In Forbes new “2009 Investment Guide” issue, contrarian specialist David Dreman says that now is the time to buy stocks. “Do not flee the market by selling your quality stocks,”…
PIMCO's Gross: Stocks Cheap -- According to Old Standards
Bill Gross, managing director of investment manager PIMCO, says stocks are selling at very low historical levels — but only if looked at “in the context of a financed-based economy…
Siegel Answers Critics: Yes, Stocks Really Are Cheap
Jeremy Siegel isn’t backing down from his contention that stocks are “dirt cheap”. While his recent comments about the market being undervalued have led to criticism, Siegel writes in Yahoo!…
Icahn: Some Stocks, Senior Debt Offer "Great Opportunity"
Renowned corporate-raider-turned-sharholder-activist Carl Icahn tells Barron’s that there are great buying opportunities in this market, particularly in stocks and senior corporate debt. Icahn talks about the problems with corporate management…
Hulbert: Small-Cap Value Stocks May Be Ripe for Impressive Gains
Small-cap value stocks are risky but they also historically produce jaw-dropping gains at the begining of bull markets, Mark Hulbert writes in the New York Times. Referencing academic research performed…
Stocks "Reasonably Cheap" for First Time Since 1980s, Says Grantham
Jeremy Grantham, one of the few who saw the current credit crisis coming, provides some thoughtful comments on the crisis, asset bubbles, the stock market’s current valuation and how individual…
Zweig: Joe Investor's Time Is Now
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig makes the current case for the individual investor, and highlights the vast array of asset classes that are presenting very attractive values. While stocks…
Shiller P/E
Fortune’s Shawn Tully recently looked at the Shiller P/E model (developed by Yale University professor Robert Shiller), which calculates the P/E ratio of the market using ten years worth of…