Small cap stocks are climbing, a departure from last year’s dip as investors channeled money into larger multinational companies poised to benefit from global economic growth. This according to a…
Swedroe Addresses Indexing Concerns
In a recent article for ETF.com, Larry Swedroe breaks down concerns regarding passive investing, including the notion that it has “become such a force that the market’s price discovery function…
Most Read Posts on Validea's Guru Investor
Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] Common Mistakes in Factor Investing [2] How Companies Fool Investors with Profits Fad [3] Indexing…
Will a Stock Exodus Follow Rate Hikes?
In a recent Barron’s article, financial analyst Mark Hulbert wrote that many of the investment advisors he monitors on a regular basis are concerned that high interest rates will entice…
Private Equity Market is Consolidating, Data Shows
According to a white paper by advisory firm Triago, private equity firms have acquired their peers in more than 150 deals since 2005, with 65% of the deals occurring in…
Bidder Wins Lunch with Warren Buffett for $3.3 million
The annual charity auction for lunch with Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett raised $3.3 million from an anonymous bidder, up from $2.6 million last year. This according to a recent…
Pimco Expects U.S. Treasury Yields to Peak at 3.5%
As the Fed continues to raise rates, Pimco’s Robert Mead (co-head of Asia-Pacific) says U.S. 10-year Treasury yields will stay in the 3 to 3.5% range for the rest of…
How Companies Fool Investors with Profits Fad
Companies may be worth less than investors think, writes columnist Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Zweig explains that investors look to earnings-per-share to assess corporate profits…
Indexing Will Fail Investors in Coming Decade
A recent article in MarketWatch argues that equity investors are facing market conditions which will “no longer deliver acceptable returns”, even for index investors. “A fundamentally different, outside-the-box approach to…
CEO Pay and Performance Often Mis-Matched
“The best-paid CEOs don’t necessarily run the best-performing companies,” according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. The article explains that, although corporate boards try to link top…