John Goff

John was Online Editor at InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2014. You can see his LinkedIn here.

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Investors 'running for cover,' yank most from stock funds since '08
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 05, 2011
Investors 'running for cover,' yank most from stock funds since '08

Global equities funds saw $3.5 in net outflows

Spooked clients junk investments in high-yield bonds
NEWS RIAS AUG 05, 2011
Spooked clients junk investments in high-yield bonds

Investors in junk bond funds withdrew $2.1B from the funds -- in a single day. As one portfolio manager sayd: 'There's clearly a panic going on in the market.'

Looking for a sign? Insiders buying stocks like mad
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 05, 2011
Looking for a sign? Insiders buying stocks like mad

Retail investors may be fleeing stocks, but corporate executives are purchasing shares of their companies like mad. This may be the surest sign of all the market freefall is near an end. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110811/FREE/110819980>Bottom's up? Stocks on a tear</a>

Called 'idiotic' by Kenneth Fisher, Pimco's 'new normal' spot on
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 05, 2011
Called 'idiotic' by Kenneth Fisher, Pimco's 'new normal' spot on

Prediction of slow growth and high unemployment validated by yesterday's Fed announcement

Buying stocks now will prove to be 'uniquely rewarding experience:' Wilbur Ross
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 05, 2011
Buying stocks now will prove to be 'uniquely rewarding experience:' Wilbur Ross

Billionaire going bargain hunting amid market turmoil; knows a thing or two about distressed assets

S&P seen surrendering to Tea Party with credit downgrade
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 05, 2011
S&P seen surrendering to Tea Party with credit downgrade

Critics are not happy with S&amp;P's historic lowering of the U.S. credit rating. They claim the decision is based more on politics than finances. And an alleged $2 trillion 'basic math error' in calculating the government's deficit has not exactly boosted confidence in the rating agency's decision.

Where will the S&P 500 wind up this year? Top strategists offer surprise answer
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 05, 2011
Where will the S&P 500 wind up this year? Top strategists offer surprise answer

If these Brainiacs are right, now would be a very good time to start buying equities

Downgrade? Buffett says U.S. merits AAAA rating
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Downgrade? Buffett says U.S. merits AAAA rating

Warren Buffett roundly disagrees with S&amp;P's lowering of Uncle Sam's credit rating, stating that the United States deserves 'quadruple A' status.

2008 all over again? Stocks plummet
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 05, 2011
2008 all over again? Stocks plummet

The downgrade of the U.S. credit rating sent investors stampeding out of equities today. What classifies as a 'stampede'? The Dow was down 632 points.

What advisers are telling their wealthy clients to do now
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2011
What advisers are telling their wealthy clients to do now

The ongoing stock market sell-off, sparked by the deficit debate and the subsequent U.S. credit downgrade, is pulling down the prices of even the bluest of blue-chip stocks. No wonder so many investment managers are exhorting their clients to buy, buy, buy.