A “new measure of market fear” indicates that investors might be more skittish than the current volatility gauges suggest, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. The…
How an Investment Strategy Can Be at the Top and Bottom at the Same Time
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Imagine you’re presented with two investment models. Both hold a concentrated basket of 10 stocks, both are rebalanced monthly and both are built on…
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] The Most Expensive Investing Factor [2] Jack Bogle Sees Rough Road for U.S. Pensions [3] Big…
Forecasting is a Folly
The tendency at this time of year for those in the financial industry to make predictions about what’s to come is characterized by Bloomberg columnist Barry Ritholtz as a “prelude to…
Big Investors are Bearish
Nearly seven out of ten investors say stocks are currently overvalued, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Citing data from Boston Consulting Group’s annual investor survey of…
Vanguard's Principles for Investing Success
Earlier this year, Vanguard published a whitepaper outlining the firm’s Principles for Investing Success. The forty-page report breaks down investing principles into four basic categories: Goals: Investors should create clear…
Leon Cooperman Says Market Isn't Overvalued Yet
In a recent interview with CNBC, Omega Advisors CEO Leon Cooperman characterized the stock market as “reasonably fully valued,” arguing that he is not yet seeing investor euphoria. According to…
The Most Expensive Investing Factor
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) — Factor investing is a long-term pursuit. Successfully following a factor-based approach is a function of studying what works over time, implementing it in a…
Value Stock Outperformance Could be Temporary
The recent outperformance of value shares over growth, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal, will be a short-lived trend. The rise in bank stocks and dip in…
Jack Bogle Sees Rough Road for U.S. Pensions
In a Bloomberg Radio interview earlier this month, Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle shared a pessimistic view on the future of U.S. pension funds. According to the Bloomberg account of…