…performed over the long term both in terms of raw returns and risk-adjusted returns. In a world in which you can get direct exposure to specific sectors through exchange-traded funds,…
Search Results for: low-volatility funds
The Small-Cap Effect Lives -- With A Twist
…have published a study that “resurrects” the small-firm effect by adding another element to the mix: quality, which is measured by such variables as profitability, profit growth, low stock return…
Back To The 90s? Get Ready For Crises Within A Bull, Sonders Says
…which is at a level not seen since World War II” while inflation remains low. “The money is not multiplying and that has held inflation in check, but it has…
Shiller: Look For Pockets Of Value Abroad
…“much, much, lower [than the US] … Just looking at CAPE for Russia, under 8. The U.S. hasn’t been that low since 1982, I think. There are variations, it’s not…
How Walter Schloss Became a "Superinvestor"
While not as well known as fellow Columbia University value investors Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham, Walter Schloss produced one of the best stock investing track records ever. And in…
How Your Brain Impacts Your Portfolio
…“as if their brains think the price is following a very regular low-risk growth path,” said Camerer. Sign up for The Guru Investor’s FREE Weekly Newsletter The researchers, who looked…
Hot List: Some Reasons for Optimism for 2015
…next year, for example, shows that individual investors confidence levels have recently been at or near 25-year lows. Institutional investors’ confidence levels have been at their lowest level since about…
Dreman: Fed Creating "Financial Ebola"
Contrarian guru David Dreman says policymakers have created “a form of financial Ebola” that is threatening to wipe out the savings of many Americans. Dreman says that, given how low…
Herro Talks China, Oil
…an economy that is more open, efficient and consumption-led,” Herro writes. “Though this change may lead to lower growth rates, those lower rates may signify more sustainable growth. “As far…
Bull In Tact, But It Could Get Volatile, Sonders Says
…bull. And she casts doubt on claims that the bull has been artificially juiced. “Many have argued that multiples have risen ‘artificially;’ pushed up by risk-seeking investors and record-low interest…