In a recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business, a record 34 percent of small business owners said that now is a good time to expand, but history…
Rising Rates Hurt Real Estate Stocks
According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, the Fed’s rate-hike program is “upending real-estate investment trusts and other stocks with juicy dividend yields that had been thriving…
Swedroe on Active Management in Emerging Markets
In a recent article in ETF.com, BAM Alliance director of research Larry Swedroe debates claims that active management is the “winning strategy” in emerging markets. Citing SPIVA and Morningstar data…
In Private Equity, the Past May Be a Guide to Future Results
A new study supports the notion that private equity and venture capital managers that “do well with one fund are more likely to do well with the next,” according to…
Considerations in Momentum Investing
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — About a week ago CNBC had a piece that broke down how much the largest, best performing stocks have contributed to the overall market’s…
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] I Think, I Know, I Have No Idea [2] Tips for the Contrarian Investor…
The Future of Berkshire Without Buffett
Barron’s recently invited readers to submit letters they might write to Warren Buffett. One, which they published in June (by writer Andrew Bary), suggested that Berkshire shareholders might derive some…
Fidelity Uses Star Managers for New Fund
A new Fidelity mutual fund that will be available only to Canadian investors will be run by two of the firm’s most successful managers, William Danoff and Joel Tillinghast. This…
Slower Earnings Growth Will Test Bull Market
Many analysts say that the rapid growth in U.S. corporate earnings may have peaked in the first quarter of this year, according to a recent article in The Wall Street…
Ritholtz Ranks What Helps or Hurts Investment Returns
In a recent Bloomberg article, columnist Barry Ritholtz ranks those factors that he believes drive investment portfolio returns. “An unexpected challenge in performing this exercise,” writes Ritholtz, is a tendency…