The world often wants top investors and economists and strategists to give advice. But what’s the best financial advice that those great minds have received? The Wall Street Journal posed…
Doll's 2014 Forecast
Heading into 2014, Nuveen’s Bob Doll sees growth strengthening and a good year — though not as good as 2013 — for stocks. Doll writes for Barrons that he expects…
The Piotroski Model: Little-Known Strategist, Big-Time Rewards
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Joseph Piotroski-inspired strategy. Below is an excerpt…
Faber on Discipline and Diversification
Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report is worried about inflation given the Federal Reserve’s massive money printing efforts. But he doesn’t think diving headlong into gold and/or…
Wien: Good Growth, Nice Returns In 2014
Blackstone’s Byron Wien thinks stocks will hit a rough patch early in 2014, but after that he sees them taking off. Wien tells CNBC that, with sentiment levels very high,…
Fisher: Don't Believe The 2014 Consensus
While consensus estimates have stocks gaining about 6% in the coming year, top strategist Kenneth Fisher thinks that figure will be much higher. “Yes, this bull market has moved well…
Buffett's Pipeline Bet
Already having a major stake in the transportation industry with Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren Buffett’s firm is now making a move into another type of transportation investment. Berkshire Hathaway…
Bogle Study Examines True Fund Costs
How much does it really cost to invest in mutual funds? While things like expense ratios are intended to give a rough idea, legendary Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle is attempting…
Nygren Talks Value, Opportunity, And The End Of QE
Worried about the end of quantitative easing? Top fund manager Bill Nygren isn’t. In an interview with MoneyLife’s Chuck Jaffe, Nygren says that his firm’s five-year-holding-period, value-focused, bottom-up approach means…
Two Guru-type Small Caps for January
In his latest column for Seeking Alpha, Validea CEO John Reese looks at two small-cap stocks that have strong fundamentals and which might benefit from the so-called January Effect, in…