Bulls should be “as confident as ever,” writes columnist Nir Kaissar in a recent Bloomberg article. Emphasizing that “panicking is never a good plan when it comes to investing,” Kaissar writes,…
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Bloomberg's Kaissar Weighs-In on Morningstar Fund Ratings
In a recent article, Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar challenges the rationale of a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Morningstar mutual fund ratings lead investors to “assume erroneously” how those…
Ritholtz & Kaissar on Passive Versus Active Management
In a recent online debate concerning active vs. passive investing, Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar and Ritholtz Wealth Management’s Barry Ritholtz offered a range of arguments and insights. Here are some…
Picking Stocks is Hard, But Picking Growth Might Be Harder
In a recent article for Bloomberg, columnist Nir Kaissar discusses the ongoing debate regarding the challenge of stock picking. He cites a study conducted by University of Arizona professor Hendrick…
Kaissar: U.S. Investors' Home Bias Not Justified
“Despite all the attention heaped on U.S. stocks this year,” writes Bloomberg’s Nir Kaissar, “there’s been more to cheer overseas.” Kaissar explains that, even though data shows that overseas stocks…
Market Timing, Even by Experts, Pays Off Only Modestly
The advice typically given to investors is to “ignore the level of the stock market and never attempt to time it. Meanwhile, “writes Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar, “the industry’s brightest…
Yale's Actively Managed Fund Performance Waning
The majority of the Yale University endowment fund is invested with active managers but, if you compare its returns to low-cost active strategies rather than to passive indices, “Yale’s active…
Stock-Pickers Beware: Bots Are Here
BlackRock’s March announcement that the firm had reduced its staff of stock pickers to increase its focus on quant strategies may support the consensus that “active management is dying,” but…
Harvard Endowment Goes Back to Basics
Last year, Harvard University allocated 14 percent of its $35.7 billion endowment fund to hedge fund strategies, but managed these internally rather than through outside managers. This according to a…
Bloomberg's Kaissar on Dow Milestone
Before the fanfare of the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting 20,000 (which occurred on January 25th), Bloomberg columnist Nir Kaissar asserts, “it’s not clear whether that milestone will be cause…