Housing market guru Robert Shiller says it’s possible that the housing market has bottomed, but that he’s not confident it has. Shiller tells FOX Business Network that there is some good momentum forming in housing prices, but that part of the recent bounce has been seasonal. Shiller says that it’s possible that bubbles are forming […]
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Archive | July, 2012
Is Glass-Steagall The Answer? Maybe Not, Says Zweig
July 31, 2012 
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While many have been clamoring for the reinstitution of the Glass-Steagall Act as a way to address some of the financial sector’s problems, Jason Zweig is skeptical. In his Intelligent Investor column for The Wall Street Journal, Zweig says that when it was in effect, Glass-Steagall wasn’t the powerhouse that many are portraying it to be. “For […]
Read moreGuru Strategy Ratings: JPM, VOD Rising; MSFT, JNJ Falling
July 31, 2012 0 Comments
Each week, we take a look at which stocks John Reese’s Validea.com Guru Strategy computer models have newfound interest in, and which they have soured on. Here’s a look at some of the stocks John’s strategies have upgraded or downgraded today.
Read moreSiegel Says Housing Will Boost Second-Half GDP
July 30, 2012 0 Comments
Wharton Professor and author Jeremy Siegel says a rebound in the housing market will help push GDP growth near 3% in the second half of 2012. “Housing is one of the few bright spots, but a very important bright spot in the economy,” Siegel told Bloomberg TV (hat tip to Business Insider). “When you talk […]
Read moreFisher: Look to Large-Cap Growth
July 30, 2012 1 Comment
Top investor Kenneth Fisher says that the bull market has a ways to go — and that large-cap growth stocks will be the place to be during the rest of the bull run. In a column for Interactive Investor, Fisher notes that in the early stages of bull markets, small-cap value picks usually lead the […]
Read moreBuffett’s 50-Year-Old Words Still Ring True
July 27, 2012 0 Comments
While many investors think uncertainty has risen to unprecedented levels, changing the way they should invest, they need only look at some of Warren Buffett’s earliest letters to investors to see that they may be wrong, writes MarketWatch’s Jonathan Burton. “I think you can be quite sure that over the next ten years there are […]
Read moreCohen: Think Long-Term
July 27, 2012 0 Comments
Goldman Sachs’ Abby Joseph Cohen says many investors have become too short-sighted, and says that “long-term, there are some very good values out there.” Cohen tells Bloomberg that a lot of the uncertainty out there is already priced into the market, and she thinks stocks are priced to return 8% to 10% per year for […]
Read moreStocks Offering Nice Dividends — And Value
July 26, 2012 0 Comments
With bonds yielding so little, many investors have been looking for yield in the form of high-dividend stocks — which has made some of those picks rise to unattractive valuations. But in his latest article for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John Reese looks at some stocks that are offering nice dividends, and still trading at cheap […]
Read moreBolton on the Contrarian Case for China
July 26, 2012 0 Comments
While many investors are fleeing Chinese equities, Fidelity’s Anthony Bolton remains bullish. “People are generally cautious and are taking money out of China which, as a contrarian, I see as positive,” Bolton says, according to Investment Week. Bolton, who compiled an exceptional fund management track record in the U.K. before moving on to a China […]
Read moreGuru Strategy Ratings: Apple Falling, Cisco Rising
July 25, 2012 0 Comments
Each week, we take a look at which stocks John Reese’s Validea.com Guru Strategy computer models have newfound interest in, and which they have soured on. Here’s a look at some of the stocks John’s strategies have upgraded or downgraded today.
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