In the aggregate, forecasters may be “roughly as accurate as a dart-throwing chimp,” but some forecasters are particularly and consistently far better than average. Credit Suisse reports that the book Superforecasting: The Art and…
A Disciplined Market-Timing System That Nearly Doubled The Market Over Four-Plus Decades
Trying to time the market often leads to big problems for most investors. But Validea CEO John P. Reese says that, in the hands of a highly disciplined investor, a…
Presidential Election Years Not Good for Stocks, Writes Hulbert
Mark Hulbert debunks the misperception that a presidential election year is good for stocks. “During fourth years [of a presidential term] the stock market tends to be a below-average performer”…
Poker Champ Highlights Common Investment Mistakes
Poker champion Annie Duke, who won top honors at the World Series of Poker and was once in Columbia University’s PhD program for cognitive psychology, spoke to the Investment Management…
Blodget Makes A Case For Why We Are Still In Long Term Bear Market
Henry Blodget, founder of Business Insider, says that history suggests we are in the middle of a long bear market cycle that is likely to continue for years to come.…
Guru Stock Screen of the Week: 3 Gurus + Relative Strength + Lowest P/E
This week, we bring you the Stock Screen of the week from Validea. On Validea, you can screen for stocks using the site’s Guru Stock Screener, which scores stocks based…
Paul Tudor Jones: Legendary Trader Sees Choppy Markets Ahead
Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment Corp., says that he thinks the Fed is “managing for the balance sheet as opposed to local economic conditions” because “you typically see…
Market Conditions Likely to Worsen, DoubleLine's Gundlach Predicts
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of DoubleLine Capital, says “There’s going to be another wave down in risk assets and it’s happening globally.” He cites a recent forecast downgrade by…
Market Conditions Likely to Worsen, DoubleLine's Gundlach Predicts
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of DoubleLine Capital, says “There’s going to be another wave down in risk assets and it’s happening globally.” He cites a recent forecast downgrade by…
Fidelity’s Danoff - Beating the Market Over the Last 1, 3, 5, 10 and 25 Years.
Will Danoff, who has managed Fidelity’s $103 billion Contrafund for 25 years, explains his approach: “Find management you trust, find engaging executives, and hang on” (subscription required). He tends to…