A recent article in Institutional Investor chronicles the fall-from-grace of hedge fund legend David Einhorn, billionaire founder of Greenlight Capital. “It takes a certain amount of self-confidence to think you’re…
CalPERS Urged to Exceed 7% Return Projections
Concerns that municipalities won’t be able to meet pension payment requirements has led the League of California Cities to urge the CalPERS Investment Committee to think “out of the box”…
Small Caps Outpacing Multinational Peers
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…