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…
Gross Talks Deleveraging, Deficits, and the New Normal
In Consuelo Mack’s latest WealthTrack interview, PIMCO’s Bill Gross talks about the “New Normal” he envisions for the economy and investing world. Gross says that deleveraging and the need for…
Berkowitz High on Citi, AIG
Top fund manager Bruce Berkowitz is once again showing his go-against-the-crowd streak, recently snatching up shares of two of the financial crisis’ biggest whipping boys, Citigroup and AIG. In an…
Dreman on Fighting Inflation
As the past couple years have shown, it can be risky to own stocks. But, Forbes‘ David Dreman says, steering clear of equities is also a gamble. “Is it risky…
Greenblatt: Know Your Risk Tolerance
In his latest column on his Magic Formula Investing web site, Joel Greenblatt says it’s critical for investors to know what level of short-term losses they’ll be able to take…
Guru's Grade Harvard's Stock Portfolio
Over the past year, the Harvard Management Co.–Harvard’s endowment arm–has been continuously upping the amount of money it has in U.S.-traded stocks. In a new SEC filing, HMC disclosed that…
Buy Like Buffett
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 Warren Buffett-inspired strategy, which has…
Whitman on the Importance of the Balance Sheet
Value investing legend Marty Whitman was one of those to speak at the recent Columbia Investment Management Conference, and The Manual of Ideas blog offered a good summary of Whitman’s…
The Price/Peak Earnings Ratio: A Different Take on Valuation
With stocks up some 60% off their lows, one of the big questions among investors has involved the market’s current value. Are stocks now overvalued? Or are they still cheap?…
Experts vs. Models: Who Wins?
A few recent articles have offered some very interesting data on the merits of quantitative analysis, and the limits of “expert” analysis. One is a Greenbackd.com review of Ian Ayres’…