Value and growth investing are often looked at as polar opposites. But while discussing some of his holdings with Money Magazine, top fund manager Bill Nygren shows how both value…
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Rogers Talks Moats
…key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given…
Low Expectations, High Returns
…even small improvements in business can lead to solid stock gains. Reese looks at how several of the investing greats upon whom he bases his “Guru Strategies” — including Joel…
Berkowitz on Ignoring the Crowd
…the decision to run a focused portfolio smaller than those of many other mutual funds. “At the end of the day, investing is about one person has to take the…
Greenblatt on Why Fund Managers Fail
…performance, Greenblatt says. He points to some studies that show chasing recent performance often leads to future underperformance. “Investing with the managers who have performed the best and attracted all…
Akre: Fundamental Analysis Is Critical
…key to good investing. “Fundamental analysis is the most important,” Akre said when asked whether technical analysis, due diligence, or news items were most important to him in a recent…
Five High-Quality Blue Chips for a Post-QE2 World
…undervalued forever,” he says. He looks at five such stocks that get high marks from his Guru Strategies, each of which is based on the approach of a different investing…
Herro on Strategy, and Why He Likes Japan
Top fund manager David Herro says discipline and longer-term thinking are keys to successful investing. “You have to be grounded, first of all,” Herro tells WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack. “You have…
Five Magic Formula Stocks for the Year Ahead
…five-and-a-half years. “Greenblatt’s two-step approach is simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to use,” Reese writes. “That’s because, like Warren Buffett, Greenblatt realized that in the investing world, simple…
The "Seven Immutable Laws of Investing"
In a recent white paper, GMO’s James Montier takes an interesting look at what he says are “The Seven Immutable Laws of Investing”. The first rule, on which Montier spends…