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John Hussman: Markets filled with too much risk, too little return
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 10, 2012
John Hussman: Markets filled with too much risk, too little return

Last week, the S&P 500 pulled back by less than 2% - certainly not sufficient to clear the overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising-yields syndrome that we observe in the market, but enough to bring our estimate of S&P 500 10-year total returns from an expected 3.06% to an expected 3.25%.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 05, 2012
Tom Forester: Finding value in playing defense

The uncertainty in Europe has pushed the Forester Value Fund Ticker:(FVALX) into a defensive mode, but that's far from sitting on the sidelines, according to Tom Forester.

Benefits of diversification are fading: Study
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 01, 2012
Benefits of diversification are fading: Study

A new study shows that correlations between many so-called “risk-on assets” have risen dramatically over the last decade.

Bonds beat stocks over 30 years for first time since 1861
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 21, 2011
Bonds beat stocks over 30 years for first time since 1861

The biggest bond gains in almost a decade have pushed returns on Treasuries above stocks over the past 30 years, the first time that's happened since before the Civil War.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 19, 2011
Dividend stocks 'the name of the game' for retirees

Financial advisers increasingly are looking to dividend income as a means to provide cash flow to retired clients — despite some obvious risks in doing so.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 12, 2011
Barton Biggs sees little reason to be bearish

Barton Biggs, who trimmed bullish bets in September before U.S. stocks posted the biggest monthly gain since 1991, said that though he doesn't want to be fully invested in equities, “it's hard to get really bearish.”

Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 07, 2011
Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon

Bipartisan support is growing in the U.S. Congress for new rules banning insider trading by lawmakers amid concerns about waning trust among the public.

Will year-end be naughty or nice for investors?
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 06, 2011
Will year-end be naughty or nice for investors?

History is on the side of a Santa Claus rally by the stock market at the end of the year, but the bigger issue is what it means for stocks next year if that year-end rally doesn't pan out.

Jeremy Grantham: What to buy
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 06, 2011
Jeremy Grantham: What to buy

For those with a long horizon, I am sure well-managed forestry and farmland will outperform the average of all global assets.

MetLife removed from Citigroup's top stock picks
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 30, 2011
MetLife removed from Citigroup's top stock picks

MetLife Inc., the biggest U.S. life insurer, was removed from Citigroup Inc.'s list of top stock picks as new Chief Executive Officer Steven Kandarian reshuffles management and plans his strategy.

DJIA companies expected to increase dividends
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 23, 2011
DJIA companies expected to increase dividends

The 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are expected to increase their annual dividend payouts by an average of 11.8% over the third quarter of 2010 and by 1.1% over the second quarter of this year.

Death of Jobs 'does create questions,' but advisers still big on Apple
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 22, 2011
Death of Jobs 'does create questions,' but advisers still big on Apple

Don't see magic fading following passing of company co-founder; 'creative spirit is still there'

Genworth stock worth more on upgrade
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 20, 2011
Genworth stock worth more on upgrade

Up 13% after Citigroup analyst said insurer can withstand mortgage-related losses

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 13, 2011
Buffett's buying binge: 'He sees something, and it's big'

Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. invested $23.9 billion in the third quarter, the most in at least 15 years, as he accelerated stock purchases and broadened the portfolio beyond holdings in consumer and financial companies

Regions' TARP bill could lead to low-ball bid on MK
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 09, 2011
Regions' TARP bill could lead to low-ball bid on MK

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2011
Franklin Templeton: Is global the new core?

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2011
The tea leaves say 'sell,' portfolio manager says

Frank A. Barbera Jr., co-portfolio manager of the Sierra Core Retirement Fund, tracks a staggering number of jobs reports and other economic indicators

BofA's Moynihan to answer 'skeptics' in Berkowitz conference
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2011
BofA's Moynihan to answer 'skeptics' in Berkowitz conference

Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management will hold a 90-minute conference call with BofA CEO Brian Moynihan on Aug. 10 during which investors in the Fairholme Fund, which holds 92.6 million shares of the bank, will get to ask about its sagging share price.

The tea leaves say 'sell,' according to this portfolio manager
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 28, 2011
The tea leaves say 'sell,' according to this portfolio manager

Frank A. Barbera Jr., co-portfolio manager of the Sierra Core Retirement Fund, tracks a staggering number of jobs reports and other economic indicators. They all say the same thing, he says.

UBS will pay $12M over naked shorts
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 27, 2011
UBS will pay $12M over naked shorts

UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, will pay $12 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that a brokerage unit allowed millions of short-sale orders to be placed without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be delivered.