The Diversification Debate

In addition to the question of how many stocks they should own, another similar question many investors ask is how many funds or asset classes they should own. In a…

Top Strategists Talk "Buy-and-Hold"

The Financial Times recently interviewed several top strategists about the viability of “buy-and-hold” investing, and found that some are espousing more of a “buy-cheap-and-hold” approach. “In a challenge to the…

The Bond Fallacy

The bond bandwagon has gotten pretty crowded these days, with big names like Rob Arnott and Gary Shilling both writing that bonds — not stocks — appear to be the…

What to Expect from Here

How quickly will stocks rebound when the current bear market ends (if it hasn’t already done so)? The New York Times’ Paul Lim offers some interesting data on that subject…