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Fed’s Fisher Tempers ‘Taper Tantrum’ Talk
By John SullivanThe Dallas Fed president employed his usual folksy metaphors to describe investor behavior, comparing them to wild pigs.
June 24, 2013
Hussman: Gonna Party Like It’s 1929Besides today, Hussman sees just four other times1929, 1987, 2000 and 2007, none joyous for investorsmarked by similar market conditions.
June 24, 2013
Mobius: China to Experience U.S.-Like Housing CrisisThe credit crunch was spiked by the Chinese central bank's tightening of liquidity.
June 20, 2013
Alternatives & Volatility: One Firm’s Winning ApproachHere's how Litman Gregory puts together a multi-manager fund with low risk and impressive returns.
June 20, 2013
Gross, Gundlach, Faber Batter Bernanke as Stocks TumbleGundlach doesnt like bond alternatives, Gross doesnt like the Fed, Faber doesnt like Obama and Schiff doesnt like anybody. Judging from Wednesdays and Thursdays stock sell-off, they might be on to something.
June 19, 2013
7 Big Mistakes to Avoid in Stock Dividend InvestingOh sure, everybody loves dividends these days as yields remain low and investors look to dividend-paying stocks for income. But there's a catch. Seven catches, in fact.
June 19, 2013
Vanguard Brews Business in Fun-Filled (Pun-Filled) Summer CampaignThe investing behemoth is serving a warm cup of metaphor this summer in a novel marketing campaign.
June 18, 2013
The Original Behavioral EconomistIve been doing the behavioral stuff for 35 years," said MainStay's Michael Aronstein. "Its the basis of investing and economics. Its only recently that its been popularized by academia. Theyre reconstituting something in a trivial manner.