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Equities Cult High Priest Malkiel Burns PIMCO's Gross: Reducing Stocks Would Be 'Huge Mistake'
By Gil WeinreichPIMCO Chairman Bill Gross launched a bond investors jihad recently with his remarks that the cult of equities is dying. Burton Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, is the latest to fire back.
August 06, 2012
Warren Buffett Drops Consumer Stocks, Buys Into BanksBillionaire investor Warren Buffett backed away from stocks in the second quarter, reducing the companys holdings in consumer-products equities but investing more heavily in the finance sector.
August 02, 2012
PIMCO's Gross Slams Draghi, Says Jeremy Siegel Belongs in 'Ivory Tower'The co-CIO of PIMCO said Draghi should have offered concrete policy steps at Thursdays ECB policy meeting.
August 02, 2012
Putting women in charge pays off, big time (Huffington Post)In the last six years, small to mid-size companies with at least one female board member have performed 17% better than those without.
August 01, 2012
Market 'Convexity' Makes Stocks a Tough Short—Searching for Alpha for August 2012A stock rally could drown the water-treading short-sellers.
July 31, 2012
PIMCO's Gross: 'The Cult of Equity Is Dying'Bill Gross is causing quite a stir (again). The chairman of PIMCO wrote in his August commentary that, going forward, investors will not experience the annual 6.6% real return on equities that they have seen since 1912.
July 26, 2012
Top of the Dividend ChartsWith current market conditions and global economic trends, advisors have a good opportunity to introduce more clients to companies that make the Mergent Dividend Achievers roster.
July 23, 2012
Biggest Group of Losers in Dividend Tax Hike? The Middle Class: ReportA plan to raise the dividend tax rate will have negative consequences for the middle class, according to a new study from Ernst & Young.