…a favorable ratio of price-earnings to earnings-per-share growth as well as strong free cash flow. Verizon Communications (VZ) provides communications, information and entertainment products and services. Both cash flow-per-share and…
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Time to Separate the Market from Politics
…at a deep discount to the market due to low interest rates. Regarding the boost in industrials, says Karabell, there have been signs of increased spending in both the U.S….
Active Management is Alive and Well
…cites research showing that “focused” active managers—those specializing in certain asset classes, sectors, etc.—can outperform index funds. One example cited is that of smaller, earlier-stage companies where “the dispersion of…
Five Picks for the Common-Sense Investor
…five years, favorable price-sales ratio and free cash flow-per-share. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (CTB) is a manufacturer and marketer of replacement tires with a favorable ratio of price-earnings to…
Stock-Picking Strategies from Barron's Veteran
…creating a “well-diversified portfolio before trying to pick individual stocks.” He writes that Barron’s tends to favor both value stocks (those with low price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios) and growth companies…
Warren Buffett's Strategy Based on Market Anomalies
…the recently foiled Kraft-Unilever deal, the article says that both are “high-quality companies with predictable earnings and strong cash flow, whose shares have lower-than-average volatility and move less closely in…
Six Tempting Picks for the 'Joe Six Pack' Investor
…the Great Rotation theory– the idea that the financial assets that thrived during the last ten years of slow growth, low interest rates and non-existent inflation are now being eclipsde…
Highlights from Berkshire Hathaway's 2016 Letter to Shareholders
…fees, it will usually be the managers who reap outsized profits.” “Both large and small investors should stick with low-cost index funds.” Pension funds are “hit with a double whammy:…
Active Funds Perked Up in January
January was a good month for actively managed funds, says a recent Bloomberg article that states, “the majority of actively managed value funds in the U.S. and Europe outperformed their…
Rob Arnott Says Clock is Ticking on Smart Beta ETFs
…the delusion that the past is key to predicting the future in smart beta, leading to performance chasing where factors like low-volatility can become dangerously expensive.” While Arnott doesn’t advocate…