Many investors have “drifted away from the hallmark of value investing championed by the likes of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett: actively picking stocks the market has overlooked.” This according…
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Everyone Makes Mistakes, Including Warren Buffett
…did stupid things again today.” Zweig outlined a series of investing mistakes, including Warren Buffett’s 1993 purchase of Dexter Shoe Co. using over 25,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. By…
The Losing Battle to Consistently Beat the Market
…to eliminate this risk, even under perfect circumstances. Taking a step back first, let me provide a little background on our strategies. We are big believers in factor investing, but…
Harvard and Yale's Investing Models Should be Available to Every Investor
In a recent article, Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar argued that although it’s time to change the securities laws that prevent people from investing like the elite university endowments, there are…
Insights on Exploiting the Inefficiencies in Small-Cap Stocks
…the two most important controls at the company level are balance sheet strength and valuation support. “Balance sheet strength is critical,” he says, “because we are often investing in companies…
Quant Bets Divided Over Timing of U.S. Cycle
…“It’s all down to conflicting signals in factor investing,” the article says, “which slice and dice equities by their traits like value, volatility and growth. As warnings snowball that markets…
Municipals Offer Safe Yields
For many investors, the new tax law makes investing in municipal bonds “more sensible than ever,” according to a recent article in Barron’s. “The norm for muni-bond yields these days—about…
Mark Hulbert Offers Stock Trading Secret
…how “our emotions are unreliable guides to investing. We have no interest in market timers just when we need them the most, and then—after the market has declined and, in…
Tools You'll Need for the Next Bear Market
…to be in a state of regret when investing in stocks.” He points out that the last 90 years have seen bear markets almost one-quarter of the time. Half the…
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