…says that margins have been trending higher for two decades, and for good reason. While the economy used to be focused on low margin manufacturing firms, today tech firms —…
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Herro on 2014, and What Japan Needs To Do Now
…still attractive, I believe there are reasons to be confident that global equities will continue to be an attractive asset class.” Herro, whose funds profited greatly from overweight positions in…
Great Advice From (And For) Great Minds
…business better so they can earn the greatest return for the longest period of time.” Investors, he says, “are in many ways misled by stock-market volatility. The values of the…
Doll's 2014 Forecast
…growth, easing lending standards, low inflation, all-time high net worth, rising capital expenditures, less fiscal drag, and improving non-U.S. growth.” He thinks it’s likely that stock market gains will rely…
The Piotroski Model: Little-Known Strategist, Big-Time Rewards
…them (their share price multiplied by their number of shares). These are stocks that have very low expectations. Quite often, such firms have low book/market ratios because they are in…
Bogle Study Examines True Fund Costs
…themselves to a simple distinction between actively managed funds and index funds. A buy-and-hold investor purchasing directly from a fund company for a tax-sheltered account will have low investor costs,…
Nygren Talks Value, Opportunity, And The End Of QE
…it’s a tough burden on the person who wants to argue that they shouldn’t own stocks,” he said, adding that bonds rates are so low that he doesn’t think they…
OSAM on the Efficient Market Myth
…more investors are turning to index funds for the large-cap portion of their portfolios, since the vast majority of large-cap fund managers fail to be the market. But, he says,…
Sonders Talks Bulls, Rising Rates, Valuation, and More
…make of recent housing data, current market valuations, and why hedge funds have been struggling. The Validea Hot List is up 250% since its 2003 inception, more than tripling the…
Is Buffett The Greatest? Study Says Yes
…that have low volatility, are cheap — with low price-to-book ratios — and are high quality, meaning they are profitable and have high payouts,” Bloomberg says. The study also found…