…“relatively few people were investing in the stock market.” Further, there is suspicion regarding the effect of the Federal Reserve’s easing policies over the last eight years, although Stovall noted…
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Top Investment Shop Focuses on Quality First, Value Second
…investing within a growth-oriented firm. “We sat on a different floor than the growth investors”, Davidson said, noting that he and Peter Zuger began with $1 million in seed capital….
Indexing Continues to Put the Smackdown on many Active Fund Managers
…a majority of actively managed funds investing in international and developed markets outperformed their benchmarks. The article also notes that “actively run U.S. equity funds suffered outflows of $174 billion,”…
Glassman: Four Tips for Successful Value Investing
James Glassman, author and visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, offers four tips to “buy stocks low” in Kiplinger’s. He prefaces the tips by making the point that given…
Barron’s: A Rebound in Value Investing
Barron’s reports on market developments that appear to signal a shift favoring value investing after a long stretch in which growth dominated. “The market’s leadership has begun to change,” writes…
Finding "True Signals" in Volatile Markets
Writing on the CFA Institute’s Enterprising Investor blog last month, founder and CEO at SVM Asset Management Colin McLean says “volatile markets raise[] the noise level” in talk about investing,…
Does Passive Investing Distort the Market?
…passive investing sends distorted signals about commodity prices.” The work looked at futures and derivatives markets, particularly their effect on agriculture, energy, and metals companies. As summarized in the New…
Why Smart Beta May Not Be So Smart Right Now
The “smart beta” investing movement has gained a lot of followers – and fund inflows – over the past few years. But now there are signs that the influx of…
Warren Buffett's 5 Tips For Long-term Investing
…long term investing, which are: Don’t try to time the markets. Don’t be afraid of the dips. Buffett says: “we’re a more aggressive buyer [of stocks] when they’re going down.”…
Jack Bogle's Advice for the Individual Investor
…total U.S. stock market index fund” and that an investor should “hold it forever.” He also emphasized that investors should minimize costs, describing investing as “a zero sum game,” except…