…current asset stocks for that period was 29.4% per year versus 11.5% per year for the NYSE-AMEX index. The second investment strategy outlined is that of purchasing stocks with low…
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Investing Principles: What Has Worked
…time, their market price will reflect at least their stated book value.” Low Price in Relation to Earnings: Stocks bought at low price-earnings ratios “afford higher earnings yields” than those…
The Weakest Link in Today's Market
…who writes that today’s ultra-low interest rate market is allowing share prices to “stay higher for longer than under more normal circumstances.” What could “end this game” he argues, is…
To Diversify, Look Past your Borders
…on portfolio performance when one sector outperforms another for a chunk of time, he contends, “diversification can help lower portfolio volatility and ensure you always have some exposure to whatever…
Low Volatility Makes Chasing Yield Risky
In the current low-volatility, low-yield environment, investors are attempting to recoup lost revenue by betting that things will stay calm. This according to a recent article in The Wall Street…
Fundamentally Solid Value Picks in the Spirit of Graham and Doddsville
…attempting to predict market movements. Using Validea’s value-oriented guru strategies, Reese identifies the following promising stocks: Valero Energy (VLO), a manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, has an attractively low…
Gold and Stocks on Different Paths
…the present negative correlation, both markets could advance due to continued low yields. “Low opportunity costs,” he writes, “should precipitate continued interest in the shiny yellow metal in the years…
Look at Valuations in a Vacuum
…at Envestnet, in a recent Barron’s article. Karabell argues that such an approach in today’s environment of both low inflation and paltry interest rates would indicate that “equities overall are…
The 800-pound Bull in the Oval Office
If you bought shares of a low-cost stock index fund on the president’s first inauguration day on January 20, 2009, you would now have tripled your money. This according to…
The Case Against Sound-Bite Investing
…of UC Berkeley, indicate that “even when people know the quality of the information being disseminated is low, the ‘noise’ of it being publicly broadcast causes investors to lend it…