Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says Wednesday’s big down day for the market is not reason to dump stocks. Sonders discusses the reasons for Wednesday decline, and…
Guru Strategy Rating Changes: Intel, Aflac Rising
Each week, we take a look at which stocks John Reese’s Validea.com Guru Strategy computer models have newfound interest in, and which they have soured on. Here’s a look at…
Icahn: Overleveraging Is Back, Big Time
Hedge fund guru Carl Icahn says that the financial system isn’t working properly, and that the high levels of leverage that sparked the 2008 financial crisis have returned. “I really…
Dividends and "Corporate Scrooges": WWBGD (What Would Ben Graham Do)?
While U.S. companies have been raking in big profits since the end of the Great Recession, much of those profits are staying locked up on corporate balance sheets. And, in…
Mobius Sees Derivatives Leading to Another Crisis
Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says the continuing use and growth of derivatives in financial markets is going to lead to another financial crisis. “There is definitely going to be…
Herro on Strategy, and Why He Likes Japan
Top fund manager David Herro says discipline and longer-term thinking are keys to successful investing. “You have to be grounded, first of all,” Herro tells WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack. “You have…
The Piotroski Method: An Overlooked Guru Turns Up Overlooked Gems
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, which has…
Keep It Simple with Global Blue Chips
While many investors dabble in commodities and currencies, Joe Rosenberg, chief investment strategist of the Loews conglomerate, says to focus on large-cap U.S. multi-national stocks. Rosenberg tells Fortune that he…
Great and Expensive or Good and Cheap?
While stocks with great growth stories often attract investors’ attention, Jim Oberweis says companies that aren’t quite as attractive but have better stock valuations can be a better investment. “As…
Gross On The Deficit, and Big Blue Chips
PIMCO’s Bill Gross says he doesn’t think the U.S. will seriously tackle its deficit issues until the 2012 presidential election, and says blue-chip U.S. stocks are a “much more attractive”…