…investors rarely have the insight that full-time institutional investors might. “One thing you should ‘know’ about investing,” he asserts, “is that you cannot know enough to outsmart the markets.” …
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Forget Asset Allocation, says Glenmede’s CEO
…stocks with “reasonable” valuations, a strong chance for further profits and a steady flow of “good news on earnings.” Fowler is not a fan of index investing because of its…
Sanity and Savings are Paramount for Today’s Investor
…Vanguard investment strategist Fran Kinniry, noting that Treasury bonds rose 1% when the Brexit vote led to a near 4% dip in U.S. stocks. “Investing,” Kinniry says, “is always a…
In Factor Investing, Integration is a Plus
Portfolio diversification is a known strategy for minimizing risk, but these efforts can be thwarted if the diversified securities react in a similar way to market conditions. Factor investing is…
How the Brain Handles Buying and Selling
We’ve written often about the role that human behavior plays in investing. While logic and reason are contributing factors, emotions hardly take a back seat. In a recent issue of…
Zweig: Gold Is Not All That Glitters
In the summer of 2015, Jason Zweig wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal in which he claims that investing in gold (which was trading at around $1,130 an…
Can Active Investing Still Generate Alpha?
…that instead of “beating the market” per se, systematic investing on the basis of factors such as value, size, and profitability can lead to greater overall returns. Specifically, they show…
Your Emotions and the Stock Market
A critical element in successful investing is “how you react to feelings of both discomfort during the market’s fear cycle and invincibility when markets are booming,” writes Marty Leclerc earlier…
Investing Lessons from Brexit
The impact of Britain’s vote to leave the EU may take years to play out, but there are several lessons investors can learn in the meantime. Daisy Maxey of The…
Gundlach and Others Offer Market Perspective
The upcoming presidential election is causing uneasiness, not just at the water cooler or the dinner table but also in the markets. Matt Schifrin, a managing editor of investing at…