Newsletter guru Jim Oberweis says the increase in corporate deal-making is a result of the economy improving, and valuations remaining attractive. Oberweis tells Bloomberg that historically, the S&P 500 has…
Fisher's Solutions To Five Investing Dilemmas
In his latest Forbes column, Kenneth Fisher takes a look at five “common investor dilemmas”, and offers his solutions. “Hundreds of investors ask me questions each year about the dilemmas…
Tech Stocks That Aren't Just Hype
In his latest column for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John Reese looks at technology sector stocks that put substance over style. “In the tech sector, where rapid, unpredictable technological advances can…
OSAM: Global Dividends Looking Very Attractive
James O’Shaughnessy’s firm says that we’re in the most difficult environment for generating income in at least 140 years, and that the best place for investors to look for yield…
Buffett Still On The Prowl After Huge Heinz Deal
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has struck what is being called the biggest deal in food industry history, a $28 billion acquisition of ketchup giant H.J. Heinz. But don’t think that…
Faber: Market Entering "High-Risk Territory"
Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, says the market is getting into “high-risk territory”. Faber tells Yahoo! Finance’s Breakout that as we head into the fourth year…
Grantham on a Low-Growth, Overpriced Environment
Equities and other assets have become overpriced (to varying degrees) just about everywhere you look, GMO’s Jeremy Grantham says in his latest quarterly letter. “Courtesy of the … Fed[‘s] policy,…
Paulsen: This Isn't a Sugar High
Wells Capital’s Jim Paulsen thinks stocks are on their way to record highs, and says the economy is stronger than the Federal Reserve is giving it credit for. Paulson tells Bloomberg…
Sonders on "Rational Exuberance"
Retail investors have, at long last, been coming back to stocks in the first month or so of 2013, and Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says it’s…
What It Takes To Be A True Value Investor
In a recent CNBC interview, New York University Professor Aswath Damodaran discusses Apple’s valuation, and in the process lays out a great example of what true value investing is. Damodaran…