…remains below the long-term average, an investor’s five year average annual return will be in the mid-teens.” Hawkins and Cates present a chart showing that at bear market lows since…
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Fisher: The PSR Pioneer
…averaged 12.1% annualized returns since its inception seven years ago, over a period in which the S&P 500 has returned just 1.3% per year. Below is an excerpt from today’s…
Yacktman Still High on High-Quality, and Thinking Globally
…find it surprising that Yacktman’s two funds have posted excellent long-term results focusing on such big, well-known firms as Coca-Cola, Pfizer, and Microsoft, which are heavily followed. “[But] we sleep…
Consumers As Contrarians Indicators
…found that declining stock prices are usually followed by declining consumer confidence, but that low consumer confidence readings are followed by strong stock returns more often than by low returns….
Grantham on Deflation, and the Remarkable Cheapness of High-Quality Stocks
…rates remain incredibly low, Grantham says the speculative push has actually led small stocks and low-quality stocks to outperform this year — despite both categories being overpriced compared to higher-quality…
Nygren: How Stocks Could Double in Five Years
Bill Nygren, whose Oakmark and Oakmark Select funds are both in the top 2% of their category over the past decade, thinks stocks could double in the next five years…
Doll: Economy Fragile, but Double Dip Unlikely
…double-dip recession remain low. And, he points to some bright signs in the employment arena. “Over the past several months, there have been disappointments in labor market reports, but the…
Sonders Says Stocks on Cheap Side
…we’ll see a “melt-up” in the market than a “melt-down”. Sonders tells Yahoo! TechTicker that she thinks earnings estimates are still “marginally low” for the second quarter, and talks about…
Ellison on Small Banks, Lynch Lessons
…in financials — particularly in smaller banks. “We’re in the process of going from ugly to OK in banking,” Ellison, whose two funds have handily beaten the market over the…
Reese on The Buyback Comeback
…not with money market funds yielding so little,” he says. “Many have already started putting it to use, and one way they’re doing so is by buying back their own…