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BlackRock's Bob Doll: Recent correction is a buying opportunity
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 03, 2010
BlackRock's Bob Doll: Recent correction is a buying opportunity

Once again, disappointing economic data caused stock markets to sag last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.6% to 11,952, the S&P 500 Index declining 2.2% to 1,271 and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 3.3% to 2,644. Investors also witnessed a rebound in the US dollar, a rally in bonds and a rise in oil prices.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 30, 2010
The stocks Warren Buffett is selling

The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 27, 2010
Why Barton Biggs is selling his tech stocks now

Traxis Partners LLC's Barton Biggs sold almost all his U.S. technology shares last week.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 27, 2010
Bill Miller: Forget a double-dip, S&P is set to spike

Legg Mason Inc.'s Bill Miller said the U.S. stock market, which has dropped 12 percent from its April high on concerns Europe's debt crisis may spread, will rise after the region's banks complete stress tests.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 27, 2010
Barton Biggs is betting on the tech sector — and a 20% rally

U.S. stocks could jump as much as 20 percent, led by technology companies, as the global economy rebounds from Europe's debt crisis, said Barton Biggs.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2010
UBS tells clients: Stocks will gain half as much as previously forecast

UBS AG reduced its forecast for where the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will end the year to 1,150, citing slower profit growth and an unwillingness among investors to pay higher valuations for earnings.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2010
Sector snapshot: The biggest threat to health care stocks

The specter of higher costs continues to hang over the health care sector – a threat that is preventing most health care stocks from benefiting from the new reform package.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 13, 2010
Growth or value: Five stocks that give you both

Growth and value investors think of themselves as proud rivals, writes John Dorfman, chairman of Thunderstorm Capital. But the best stocks usually are ones that show characteristics of both styles.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 13, 2010
Volatility gives boomers bad case of market jitters

Dr. Loretta Mueller, 46, a family physician in New Jersey, was so unnerved by the Greek debt crisis and its effect on the stock market that she cashed out some of the funds in her retirement account and bought gold bullion.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 12, 2010
Why one fund manager thinks renewed pessimism has created a 'stock picker's market'

Pessimism and fear are creating opportunities in the second half of 2010 for those with cash, said Terry Diamond, chairman of Talon Asset Management.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 09, 2010
Michael Hasenstab: Bet on emerging economies

Michael Hasenstab is senior vice president, portfolio manager and co-director of global fixed income at the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 06, 2010
Raymond James' Jeffrey D. Saut: The call of the week

The call for the week: I continue to attempt to “keep” the profits accrued since the March 2009 bottom.

Playing both long and short opportunities in the markets: Podcast
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 18, 2010
Playing both long and short opportunities in the markets: Podcast

Harry Rady, chief executive and portfolio manager at Rady Asset Management LLC, shared some insights on how the stock market is uniquely poised to present both short and long investment opportunities in what he calls a “tale of two markets.'

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 11, 2010
Why we'll skip a double-dip

Last week's market sell-off has investment strategists and financial advisers hunkering down in anticipation of continued market volatility, but they aren't ready to say that it marks the beginning of a double-dip recession.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 06, 2010
Experts debate the merits of private equity, public stocks

Apollo Global Management LLC founder Leon Black and others are touting private equity's consistent outsized returns, but some insiders — including investors — aren't so sure.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 19, 2010
Why Bill Miller loves large-caps — especially IBM

Legg Mason Capital Management's CIO tells Consuelo Mack why he thinks large-cap stocks will out-perform small- and mid-caps over the next several years.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 14, 2010
Waddell & Reed: Don't blame us for market tailspin

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., the mutual-fund manager started in 1937, said it didn't intend to disrupt markets on May 6 when the plunge in stocks temporarily erased more than $1 trillion of value.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 12, 2010
7 great dividend stocks for the next 7 months

While investors generally embrace the concept of buy-and-hold investing, they fear missing out on gains that come with other strategies.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 07, 2010
On our blogs: A plan and a trade

The other day I said I had mapped out a trade if the market dropped to a certain level and this happened yesterday

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 02, 2010
TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now 'like gold'

TIAA-CREF aims to add to its $2 billion holdings of farmland to help diversify its portfolio and hedge against inflation, said the pension-fund manager's director for private-equity investments in agriculture.