…a company is doing.” The Price/Sales Investor model looks for stocks with low price/sales ratios (PSRs), Reese says, and then applies other financial and fundamental tests to them. Since its…
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Keeping Fears In Perspective
…a half, I would say it’s a low-probability event.” Still, he said he “can’t entirely rule out Financial Crisis Round Two,” given Europe’s woes, other geopolitical risks and central bank…
Arnott Still Sees Low Returns Ahead
…double their historical average,” Hulbert says. But Arnott actually thinks growth will be lower in the future than in the past, because of “demographic headwinds.” He thinks that could reduce…
Nygren: Dividends Will Be Key
…“We believe that historically low dividend payout ratios make it likely that dividend growth will exceed EPS growth for years to come.” Last year, he says, the S&P payout ratio…
The Pros and Cons of Different P/Es
…four-and-a-half years along with the next two quarters of projected earnings. It currently shows the stock market to be valued slightly above its historical average, though it is below the…
Tilson Talks Valuations, Profit Margins
…highs. Historically, margins have always reverted to their means, and he thinks the fund’s high cash position and low stock exposure has sit well-positioned to benefit if such reversion occurs….
Fisher: The "Sit-On-Your-Hands" Approach
…funds they buy (and sell) because of bad timing.” Over the last two decades, he says, “stupid switching into and out of funds has cost equity fund holders more than…
The Zweig Approach: Growth Investing With A Conservative Streak
…averaged annual returns of 8.4% since its July 2003 inception vs. 4.7% for the S&P 500. Below is an excerpt from the newsletter, along with several top-scoring stock ideas from…
Top Manager: All-Time Highs Don't Mean Stocks Are Pricey
Charles Bath, whose Diamond Hill Large-Cap Value Portfolio is in the top 2% of funds in its class, according to Morningstar, says that in an environment in which earnings growth…
Studies: It's About Value, Not Quality
…profit margins, ROEs and ROAs don’t generate great returns, companies that score particularly low on these measure fare much worse than the market,” he says. “High quality stocks might not…