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Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Steve Savage |
Short-Term Slumps Many great managers share common traits, including a willingness to own unpopular names, to make decisions based on long-term analysis and to maintain the discipline to ignore painful shorter-term market swings. This ability to ignore painful shorter-term swings is being tested as we speak. |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Tara Kalwarski |
Time to Take Action? There's a surprisingly strong case to be made for buying into actively managed funds. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen |
Tales of the Tape When you look at annual returns, stocks, equity mutual funds and indexes tell surprisingly different stories. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Randall Abramson |
What's My Guru Talking About? If you're a small investor, find a value manager who has a sound strategy, a disciplined approach to value, and a solid above-market historical track record. And let the power of compounding work for you, too. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005 David Meier |
Much Ado About Google Right now, it seems Google can do no wrong. One analyst recently broke away from the pack to declare that its stock will hit $500 over the next 12 months. I wouldn't buy Google at $500, but I wouldn't short it at $500 either. So what's an investor to do? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2011 Rick Kjellberg |
Questions Auditors Ask All real estate borrowers face scrutiny over debt valuation. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Stephen Savage |
What Just Happened The magnitude of this market decline exceeds the frame of reference of nearly every advisor in business today, and most of their clients. What approach can advisors take with shell-shocked clients? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Israelsen & Clement |
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Assessing Assets: Domestic equities... Growth stocks... Small caps... Investment-grade bonds... etc. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Steve Savage |
Consider the Alternatives Think twice before pitching hedge funds and private equity to your financial advisory clients. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
The Market's Most Dangerous Bargains Buying the cheapest-looking stocks can be a really bad idea. Relative valuation can be an indicator of value, but it should go hand-in-hand with other valuation techniques and solid understanding of the fundamentals of the business. |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Discipline, Dividends, Diversification Quality companies yield dividends at opportune prices at Allianz NFJ Dividend Value Fund. Here's an interview with two of the fund's managers, E. Clifton Hoover and Benno Fischer. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Steve Savage |
Reality Check Do your clients buy high and sell low? Most successful investors are able to ignore the emotional pull that occurs as the markets cycle between fear and greed. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Steve Savage |
Backward Thinking Investors see more risk when risk is lower and less risk when it's higher. Why is this? |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Staring Trouble in the Face The S&P 500 officially doubled from its March 2009 lows last week. This was the fastest the index has ever doubled since its debut in the 1950s. |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 |
Searching for "Emerging Quality" Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Value's Eileen Rominger focuses on cheaply priced stocks with potential for positive change. |
Financial Advisor February 2009 James Picerno |
We're All Value Investors Now The financial mindset is moving closer to what Ben Graham discovered long ago: Fundamental value matters. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Hold On to These Lagging Investments These two funds are worth keeping. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen |
Value vs. Growth: Which Investing Strategy Is Better? How do returns from these two types of equities compare? We test them - and find a real difference in performance. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Mike Patton |
Value Versus Growth Over time, value stocks have outperformed growth stocks and have done so with a lower standard deviation. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Acting Like He Thinks If you're considering a large-cap growth fund, don't forget James P. O'Shaughnessy's Dreyfus Premier Alpha Growth Fund/B. Here's an interview with the fund manager. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Jeff Schlegel |
Does Growth Investing Matter? Growth stocks are expected to outperform, but good luck figuring out what they are. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Callahan & Howard |
Judgment Day There is a new way to categorize and evaluate mutual funds -- and their managers. |
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Anders Bylund |
How High Is High at Daktronics? At Daktronics, the big-screen specialist, a high-flying share price doesn't look that pricey anymore, due to much improved cash flow. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Morgan Housel |
A Tale of Two Bubbles And why you should beware bonds. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011 Stephen Roseman |
Hedge Fund Myths Mean Missed Opportunities Misperceptions about what hedge funds do need to be set straight. Individuals won't be able to make educated investment decisions about them unless they understand what they are -- and are not. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Whitney Tilson |
Don't Stretch for Performance How can you beat the market? Play a different game. Ignore the short-term noise and temptation to trade like a madman, and focus instead on buying stocks at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, conservatively estimated. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Craig L. Israelsen |
Getting Back In For the most conservative clients, the most prudent way to reenter the equity markets is by degree. For investors with well-diversified portfolios and lengthy holding periods, a lump-sum approach will likely produce better outcomes. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Are Earnings About to Collapse? No -- the reports are not as bad as they sound. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
This Drop Is What You've Been Waiting For Falling markets scare the hardiest of investors. But for those who'd thought they'd never get a great opportunity to invest, the time has come. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 John Ameriks |
The Myth of the Stockpicker's Market When investors try to outrun both the bulls and the bears, look to sports cliches for help: The best offense is a good defense. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
The Value Run Continues While investors may be waiting for some exciting developments in the growth arena, it hasn't happened yet. And as equities continue down their boring single-digit-return path, value managers continue to largely outperform their growth counterparts. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2011 Israelsen & Howell |
Being Reasonable Managing the expectations clients have for their investment portfolios can be more challenging than actually managing the portfolios themselves. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Robert Brokamp |
Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price? |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2011 |
A Brief History of American Express' Returns Going forward, shares look reasonably valued -- shares of many financial companies do, in fact -- and so shareholders could benefit from expanding valuations on top of rising earnings. |
Financial Advisor April 2004 Jeff Schlegel |
Seeing More Growth In Growth Observers predict continuing opportunities in growth funds this year. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
Bank on It David Ellison of the FBR Small Cap Financial Fund uses a "mathematical hunt and peck" method to find sterling bank stocks. |
Financial Advisor April 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
Spread Out Unusually generous yield spreads make corporate bonds attractive now. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2005 Jim Fink |
Be Your Own Casino: Part 1 The average investor can exploit a unique characteristic of options known as time decay via the use of spreads to reap profits in a limited-risk way. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Gene Swanzey |
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns. |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2004 David Forrest |
Home Depot: $80 Billion and Counting Most of us have to predict how well our companies are going to perform in order to properly value them. What if you already knew how they would perform? Would it make a difference? |
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Ben Warwick |
Investment Advisor's January 2011 Issue: Ben Warwick Won't Compromise on Getting Returns. Period Clients must take risks to make returns. Here's the right way to do it in 2011. |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 |
A Brief History of Kimberly-Clark's Returns Kimberly-Clark shares returned 72% over the past decade. How'd they get there? |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Can ICON Be a Paragon of Growth? The clinical research organization specialist and stock have recovered from some troubles, but do current valuations leave much on the table? |
Wall Street & Technology March 14, 2008 Cory Levine |
Reuters Delivers New Derivatives Pricing Service The new offering is part of Reuters' overall strategy to speed up the valuation process for complex instruments. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 Eric Rasmussen |
Draining The Swamp 2008 has been said to be the worst year for hedge funds in two decades. |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Tom Taulli |
IPOs.com, Version 2.0 Yes, Internet IPOs are back. But there's something more significant to consider as you evaluate IPO prospects. A full and proper valuation prices a stock based on expectations of future profitability and cash flow. |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Tim Hanson |
325 Incredible Returns Small caps are one area of the market where the individual investor has the opportunity to earn phenomenal returns, but there are also pitfalls. Investors must consider their investments very carefully. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Great Companies Were Bad Investments Buying at reasonable valuations is essential. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 John B. Levy |
CMBS Issuance in U.S. Breaks Another Record A general weakness in corporate bond yields, exacerbated by the performance of the auto sector led to sharply wider CMBS spreads. Investors seem reluctant to buy until spreads widen a bit further. |