…Two big reasons for the huge discrepancy, O’Shaughnessy says, are inflation, and the fact that bonds don’t allow your principal to grow the way that stocks do. “For me,” he…
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Paulsen Sees Declines as a Pause in Upward Trend
…the market’s recent decline, Paulsen says investors now have an opportunity to get back into the market, or to increase their risk exposure. He adds, however, that major volatility like…
Sonders Not Panicking
…who have been sitting on the sidelines in cash, need equity exposure to outpace inflation, but also have the stomach for the volatility, they should be buying into these dips….
Data Points to 8%-9% Yearly Stock Returns in Next Decade, Economist Says
…now fearful of getting into a market that is up some 70% off its lows. But, he says, investing based on the recent past “is like driving a car while…
Getting Contrarian with the Dreman Strategy
…industry average, or greater than 2); pre-tax profit margins (which should be at least 8 percent), and the debt/equity ratio (which should be below the industry average, or below 20…
Heebner: Euro Debt Woes Won't Stop U.S. Recovery
…consumer spending is going to surprise on the upside meaningfully. … I think we’re going to see rising demand against the background of abnormally low inventories creating an accelerated rise…
Fisher Sees Bullish Signs
…that the economy “is keyed to expansion and credit demand more than recession and bankruptcy risk.” Junk bond offerings were a record $37.8 billion in March. “Low-quality midsize firms couldn’t…
Markman Says Rally Doubters Are Wrong
…it rolling even if individual investors don’t. Markman points to the government’s massive stimulus plan, record low interest rates, and the large amounts of money being pumped into corporate bonds…
Top Fund Managers Look to Large Caps
…fund, BusinessWeek notes, has beaten all but 13 of more than 3,000 diversified U.S. funds over the past decade, according to Morningstar) is also high on bigger plays. Some of…
Grantham: Stocks Overpriced, but (Unfortunately) Likely to Rise
…is slow and if unemployment drops slowly, then Bernanke will certainly keep rates very low, as he has promised in as clear a way as language permits,” Grantham predicts. “In…