Value investor and author Guy Spier discusses his philosophy on investing, which includes taking a long term perspective, not reacting to news and pundit predictions and keeping an arm’s length…
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Overcoming Recency Bias Important to Investing Success
Recency bias, which is the tendency to overweight recent experiences, is a pitfall that many investors face. This article in the latest issue of Financial Planning gives some good examples…
Two Investors with Over 120 Years of Combined Experience are Bullish
…– for their thoughts and insights on today’s market. The two, who combined have over twelve decades of stock market investing experience, both believe investors should be buying stocks now…
Dividend Stocks Offering More Than Just Dividends
…it, “Rushing blindly into high-dividend stocks simply because they have a high yield is not good investing. Sometimes, the dividend yield will be high because the price of the stock…
Bill Nygren on Value Investing, the Attractiveness of Financials, and Learnings from Different Perspectives
…shy away from buying stocks that have higher multiples if he thinks the stock trades below the company’s intrinsic value. When asked about his biggest mistake in investing, Nygren offers…
Bull Markets Dominate Bear Markets in Length & Returns
…investing. The most recent two bear markets have been two of the worst we’ve seen in the last 65 years of market history covered by the chart. The yellow line…
Bull Markets Dominate Bear Markets in Length & Returns
…investing. The most recent two bear markets have been two of the worst we’ve seen in the last 65 years of market history covered by the chart. The yellow line…
Mauboussin: Understanding the Process Can Help Separate Luck and Skill in Investing
AAII editor Charles Rotblut, CFA, interviewed Michael Mauboussin, head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse, about the role of both luck and skill in investing (subscription required). According to…
3 Rules Successful Long Term Investors Should Follow
…in stages — ideally in equal amounts every month,” writes Arends. The data shows that even if you started investing at set intervals (monthly) at the very worst times (the…
Sequence Risk Lurks for “Buy on the Dip” Investors
Generally accepted investing wisdom has always called for long-term investors to “buy the dips” and add to their positions as the market declines. This advice makes sense in most cases,…