Howard Marks Weighs in on Surviving Market Upheaval
A recent Barron’s article offers insights from Oaktree Capital Management co-founder Howard Marks on the recent uptick in market volatility. Here are some highlights of Marks’ comments: The market is…
The Inexact Science of Market Valuation
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — When it comes to market valuation, investors love certainty. They want to hear definitively that the market is cheap, or the market is expensive, and that…
The Challenge of Recency Bias for Investors
In a recent video on the Index Fund Advisors website (IFA.com), behavior expert and author Carl Richards discussed the challenge faced by investors from recency bias—that is, the tendency to…
Does Mutual Fund Performance-Chasing Deserve its Bad Reputation?
A recent CFA Institute article discusses mutual fund performance-chasing which it says has drawn criticism. To evaluate how performance-chasing is faring in the U.S., the CFA Institute replicated momentum investing…
Most Read Posts on Validea’s Guru Investor
Below are links to our most popular posts for this week on Validea’s Guru Investor blog. [1] The Underappreciated Role of Luck in Investing [2] Shiller: Stocks Could Rise Higher Before…
Value Versus Growth in Emerging Markets
“Emerging markets are flashing warning signs, but don’t tell that to value stocks,” writes Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar, who adds, “To some investors’ surprise, value stocks are holding up better…
Bogle on Biggest Risk of Next Financial Crisis
In an interview last month, the founder of Vanguard group told CNBC that the market holds risks “that we don’t even know exist. And that’s the problem. Every crisis is…
Shiller: Stocks Could Rise Higher Before They Fall
According to an article in Bloomberg, Nobel laureate Robert Shiller says “The stock market could get a lot higher before it comes own. It’s highly priced, but it could get…