Small-Cap Picks for the Long-Term
The small-cap rally that followed last November’s presidential election has cooled, as investors have been sobered by the failed healthcare vote and uncertainty around Trump’s policy agenda, writes Validea CEO…
Stock-Pickers Beware: Bots Are Here
BlackRock’s March announcement that the firm had reduced its staff of stock pickers to increase its focus on quant strategies may support the consensus that “active management is dying,” but…
Male Stock Analysts Show Bias Toward Companies Run by Men
A recent study has found that male stock analysts tend to be biased toward public companies headed by men as opposed to women, according to a recent article in The…
Bob Doll Says Economy Presents Risk to Stocks
More so than politics, the current economic landscape could pose problems for the stock market, writes Bob Doll in a recent Barron’s article. Nuveen Asset Management’s chief investment strategist contends…
Ritholtz Says Stock-Picking is Still Alive if Not Kicking
Active fund management has been losing followers but isn’t going away entirely, writes Barry Ritholtz in a recent Bloomberg article. While stock-picking has seen a host of changes, he offers…
Combined Risk and Defensive Strategy for Investors
Investors are faced with the decision, as described in a recent Barron’s article, of whether to “bet big on the bull case—and leave themselves exposed if it doesn’t materialize,” or…
Hulbert Shows How the Market May Be Undervalued by One Measure
A finance professor at Cornell University has introduced yet another stock market valuation indicator and has found it to be more accurate than many others, including the Shiller PE (also…
Active Fund Performance Improved in Recent Months
Morningstar data shows that, in February, actively managed mutual funds posted their first month of positive net inflows since April 2015, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.…