Pessimism about U.S. stocks among 120 investment newsletter writers increased the most since July 2007, a bullish signal to analysts who track investor sentiment as a contrarian indicator of share performance.
Is it time to move back into equities? Insiders are buying for the first time since March 2009, said Blackstone Group's Byron Wien, who predicted on Jan. 3 that 10-year Treasury yields and economic growth will approach 5% this year--usually a good sign.
Warren E. Buffett's determination that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) shares are cheap enough to buy back may mean that the S&P 500 also is a bargain.
U.S. and European stocks rose, erasing all of last week's losses for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, as companies announced $26.9 billion in global deals after equities traded near their cheapest relative to earnings since 2009.
With the dark cloud of economic uncertainty hanging over Washington, one could make a solid case for the Advisory Research International Small Cap Value Fund Ticker:(ADVIX), which limits exposure to the U.S. dollar by investing primarily on foreign exchanges.
'Income' is no longer a 'dirty word,' says Richard Platte, manager of the Ave Maria Rising Dividend Fund.
Clients of a prominent Bank of America Merrill Lynch broker have won an $880,000 arbitration award against the firm.
Another financial crisis is inevitable, according to Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management's emerging-markets group
Barclays Wealth may boost its bullish stance on developed-market stocks by reducing its cash investments as economic growth strengthens in the remainder of this year, according to its chief investment strategist.
U.S. equity research and related services from JPMorgan Chase & Co. was voted the most valuable to asset managers surveyed by Greenwich Associates.
A willingness to separate from the pack is key to successful global equity investing, according to David Fingold, manager of the Dynamic Discovery Fund.
After the financial markets see-sawed through several distinct phases for much of 2010, investors gradually regained confidence late in the year and stocks rallied as mixed economic indicators became more positive.
The most surprising thing about the recent stock market volatility is that we haven't seen more of it, according to Bradley Hinton, manager of the $770 million Weitz Partners Value Fund Ticker:(WPVLX).
Bill Miller, Legg Mason's highly-touted stock picker, believes that President Obama's tax cut plan will be a shot in the arm for U.S. stocks.
Nathan Behan, a senior investment analyst at Prima Capital Holdings, outlines some key recent and long-term trends in the markets in an economic report and analysis on the first quarter
Large institutional traders around the world are concerned about the impact that high-frequency trading has on the equity markets, according to a new survey of traders at 630 institutional asset management firms.
Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist at Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co., said the Federal Reserve's attempt to boost the economy could push U.S. stocks to a level where they will be “dangerously overpriced.”
Dale Harvey of Poplar Forest Partners prefers cheap and out-of-favor stocks
When the federal government starts weaning the economy off the various stimulus programs put in place after the financial crisis, one fund manager believes high-quality growth stocks once again will start leading the market.
