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…
New Study Ranks the 250 Most Well-Managed Companies
A Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month summarizes the findings of a new ranking system called Management Top 250, a system based on the teachings of the late…
Market Movements are Factor-Led, Not a Tech Rotation
The recently touted theory that tech was entering a rotation as stock pickers began “piling into companies set to benefit from U.S. tax cuts” has been challenged by some, according…
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] What BitCoin Can Teach You About Investing [2] Value Trap Warning Signs [3] Questions to Answer…
Tips for Being a Smarter Investor
A recent Kiplinger article offers an overview of an interview with Raife Giovinazzo, Ph.D., a partner at Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, a firm that invests based on behavioral finance…
Value Trap Warning Signs
Today’s high stock market valuations make cheap stocks attractive, but a recent Bloomberg article warns that the market is “littered with ‘value traps’—stocks that look cheap but never substantially rebound.”…
What BitCoin Can Teach You About Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) — I am unfortunately not one of the people who has enjoyed the two thousand plus percent return of BitCoin this year. I have spent…
Questions to Answer Before Dashing into Cash
Keeping some cash on hand might be a good idea if you’re going to need it soon, say many financial experts, but it could be a bad strategy for long-term…
The Invasion of Artificial Intelligence
“If computing power and data generation keep growing at the current rate,” says Luke Ellis of UK based Man Group Plc, “then machine learning could be involved in 99 percent…
Overseas Investors Buying U.S. Stocks Again
After four straight years of pulling money out, foreign investors have invested $66.4 billion into the U.S. stock market through September, the “biggest buying spree since 2012,” according to a…