Index funds may sound boring, but in his latest New York Times column, Mark Hulbert offers some data that indicates index funds may, in the end, actually yield higher net…
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Grantham: Investors Need to Avoid "Terminal Paralysis"
…there are three-to-one odds that we go to a material new low. We should count on [the S&P 500] hitting 600 for a little while, and we should hope like…
Want to Avoid Another Depression: Stop Talking About It
…writes in an op-ed piece for The New York Times, saying that the recent bursting of the housing and stock market bubbles, huge failures of financial institutions, and low confidence…
Why You Can Be Good -- But Probably Not Great
…who can compound money at 20%+ a year for the long run. “You have a really, really low probability, like [1 in 50] or less,” he says. “And the reason…
Kass Turning Bullish?
…at its lowest level in nearly 75 years, having recently broken below the levels achieved in the late 1930s and mid 1970s. A record percentage of companies have dividend yields…
Hulbert: Signs of Investors Moving Back Toward Risk
…Treasuries and into bond funds that carry more risk. He lists several bond funds that these successful newsletters are currently high on, including: Vanguard GNMA (VFIIX); Fidelity High Income (SPHIX),…
Grantham: There's Risk in Value -- and in Buy-and-Hold
…the really severe economic setbacks do enough casualties occur to bring home a truth: price-to-book (P/B) and price-to-earnings (P/E) are risk factors,” he says. Buying low P/B and low P/E…
Tilson on Cognitive Dissonance, and a Shift in Strategy
…a “10 by 10” approach, putting 10 percent of his funds into each of his top ten ideas. But after being hit hard in 2008, Pabrai is now using greater…
Hulbert: Graham's Approach Endures
…those that were trading at low price/book and price/earnings ratios compared to other stocks — were overpriced. They were simply less overpriced than other stocks. Graham, on the other hand,…
Hot List: How to Combine Strategies to Minimize Risk, Maximize Returns
…highs might not be quite as high but, more importantly, your lows won’t be as low during down times. Why is it particularly important to smooth out those down times?…