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Grantham: "Almost a Certain Bet" that Blue Chips Will Outperform 1 comment

The Guru Investor wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been well documented how “junk”-type stocks have outperformed higher-quality … more →

Tags: gurus, Jeremy Grantham, Mark Hulbert

Time for Large Caps to Shine, Says Hulbert

The Guru Investor wrote 2 weeks ago: With 2009 winding down, MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert says many signs point toward large-cap stoc … more →

Tags: Asset Allocation, Mark Hulbert

Siegel Says Rally Has Plenty of Room to Run

The Guru Investor wrote 1 month ago: While stocks are up some 60% from their March lows, author and Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel says … more →

Tags: gurus, Market Valuation, Economy, Jeremy Siegel

Connecting the past with the present

curiositymatters wrote 1 month ago: I had underlined these sentences in Robert Graves’ introduction to The Greek Myths, when I was … more →

Tags: developing social capital, gender matters, memories of days past, Culture, Feminism, History, Past, Present, Transformation.

Buffett Says Worst Is Over for Economy2 comments

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: Warren Buffett says that, while the near-term may not be easy sailing, the low point of the economic … more →

Tags: gurus, Economy, Warren Buffett

Biggs Sees More Gains on Horizon

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: Hedge fund guru Barton Biggs says he thinks stocks are going to continue to go higher, and expects a … more →

Tags: gurus, Barton Biggs

Dorfman Sees Rally Continuing for Several Months -- at Least1 comment

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: Money manager and Bloomberg columnist John Dorfman — who was ahead of the curve in forecasting … more →

Tags: gurus, John Dorfman

Are Concentrated Funds More Volatile? Maybe Not

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: How many stocks is enough for your portfolio? We examined that question a little while back, and now … more →

Tags: Fund Performance, diversification

Stocks Still Win, Siegel Says

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: Jeremy Siegel, the Wharton professor and author of Stocks for the Long Run, says that the painful lo … more →

Tags: Market Valuation, Behavioral Finance, Jeremy Siegel

A 10-Year Bull? Yes, Says Hennessy

The Guru Investor wrote 2 months ago: While many pundits are saying that the recent market turnaround won’t last, Neil Hennessy, chi … more →

Tags: Neil Hennessy

"Ignorance is Blissful, Learning is Overrated"

etkhonje wrote 2 months ago: There is nothing more exciting going on in my life right now than my pursuit for a higher learning d … more →

Tags: Political Thought, Education

Faber: Big Trouble Coming for U.S., but Buy Stocks Now

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report says that the U.S. is headed for major trouble in th … more →

Tags: Asset Allocation, Economy, gurus, Kenneth Fisher, Marc Faber

Bad Recession, 'Zippy' Recovery? History Says 'Yes'

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: While many are predicting that the depth of the economy’s troubles will mean a “slow-bur … more →

Tags: Behavioral Finance, James Grant

GARP, PEGS, and Peter Lynch

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computer … more →

Tags: gurus, John Reese, peter lynch, validea

Fisher Says We're Only 50% Through Rally -- at Most1 comment

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: Forbes columnist and money manager Kenneth Fisher says that we’re in the midst of a “V … more →

Tags: gurus, Economy, Kenneth Fisher

No Signs Market Rally Is Done, Ritholtz Says1 comment

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: Barry Ritholtz of Fusion IQ and The Big Picture blog — a longtime bear who presciently turned … more →

Tags: gurus, Economy, Barry Ritholtz, The (((BIG))) Picture

O'Shaughnessy: Asset Allocation Changes Coming at Terrible Time2 comments

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: With stocks struggling through a terrible bear market over the past two years, investors have taken … more →

Tags: gurus, Behavioral Finance, Asset Allocation, James O'Shaughnessy

Six Lessons from the Bear Market1 comment

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: In their latest Kiplinger’s column, Whitney Tilson and John Heins — who were well ahead … more →

Tags: gurus, Whitney Tilson, John Heins, Mohnish Pabrai

The Diversification Debate3 comments

The Guru Investor wrote 3 months ago: In addition to the question of how many stocks they should own, another similar question many invest … more →

Tags: gurus, Asset Allocation, Eugene Fama, Rob Arnott, Tim Bond, Harry Markowitz, William Sharpe


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