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 recent Financial Times column, David Stevenson offers some interesting data on the topic, as well as some comments from top strategists. The “proper answer” to [...]
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Hulbert: Small-Cap Value Stocks May Be Ripe for Impressive Gains
November 29, 2008
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Small-cap value stocks are risky but they also historically produce jaw-dropping gains at the begining of bull markets, Mark Hulbert writes in the New York Times. Referencing academic research performed by professors Eugene Fama (University of Chicago) and Kenneth French (Dartmouth), Hulbert writes that small-cap value stocks (stocks with the lowest price/book ratios) “gained 17.1 [...]
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