A club of more than 800 multimillionaire investors is hoarding cash at unprecedented levels, according to a recent article in Bloomberg. Tiger 21—whose members typically have more than $100 million…
Is Now the Time to Invest in Non-U.S. Stocks?
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal ponders whether it now makes sense for investors to look to stocks in foreign developed and emerging markets—after their long stretch of…
A Systematic Earnings Revision Model To Help In Your Stock Picking Process
On Validea.com, we run 22 public facing models. Most of the models are a combination of fundamental factors, combining measures like profitability, valuation, cash flows, levels of debt, relative valuation,…
Leon Cooperman Issues Investor Warnings of Weak Returns
In an August interview with CNBC, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman warned that stock market returns will be “unimpressive for a long time,” and said he sees signs of investor euphoria.…
For Once, Buffett’s Trades Look Like Everyone Else’s
A recent regulatory filing shows that Berkshire Hathaway’s trades in the second quarter included selling nearly $6 billion of bank shares and buying more than $500 million in mining company…
Berkshire Hathaway Cuts U.S. Bank Holdings
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway “significantly cut its stakes in some of the largest U.S. banks in the second quarter, selling billions of dollars’ worth of stock in Wells Fargo, JPMorgan…
Excess Returns, Ep. 40: Six Lessons New Robinhood Traders Could Learn From Peter Lynch
Trading volumes at online brokers have skyrocketed since the Coronavirus crisis began. If there is one lesson these newly minted traders have learned so far, it is that the market…
Why the Nightmare Continues for ‘Value’ Investors
New research by two professors at New York University and the University of Calgary suggests that we’re calculating “value” incorrectly, according to a recent article in MarketWatch. The researchers claim…
Hedge Funds Use Alternative Data for Covid-19 Edge
Alternative data, the multibillion-dollar industry that taps into unusual information such as satellite imagery and measurements of social media sentiment, is seeing a surge in demand as companies continue to…
These Three Assets are More Attractive Against Weakening Dollar
Since late March, the U.S. dollar has fallen by almost 10% against other global currencies, which could have a series of implications for investment portfolios. This according to a recent…