Investment Strategies
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PIMCO’s Gross: ‘The Cult of Equity Is Dying’
By John SullivanBill 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 27, 2012
FINRA’s Top 7 Risks After Buying ETNsOK, you've invested a bundle into ETNsnow what? FINRA fortunately points out seven potential landmines that investors need to address.
July 26, 2012
Top Fund Managers Reveal Investment OpportunitiesChairman and CEO Joe Mansueto kicked off Morningstars 2012 Investment Conference in Chicago on June 20 by noting the presence of 1,850 attendees, 75 journalists and 200 exhibitors at this years show.
July 26, 2012
12 Worst Financial Advisors in America: 2012AdvisorOne found BrokerCop.coms list and ranked each Advisor Horribilis from the past year in reverse order of horribleness, balancing amount of money stolen with amount of ick factor involved.
July 25, 2012
Is There a Way to Play Commodities’ Wild Ride?An actively managed fund offers the possibility of benefiting from both the broadly negative trends and positive micro-trends in commodities. But the success of such a strategy depends on the skill and foresight of the manager.
July 25, 2012
12 Key Investment Strategies for Rest of 2012: Morgan StanleyMSSBs global investment group shares its asset-allocation strategy for equities, bonds and alternatives for the second half of 2012.
July 24, 2012
U.S. Poverty Nearing Highest Rate Since 1965Ahead of Census figures, analysts estimate that one in six people were poor in 2011, and they don't see the numbers improving soon.
July 24, 2012
Paulson, Rubin Say Congress Will Blink on Fiscal CliffIn something of a blast from the past, two former Treasury secretaries from different parties agree the U.S. probably will avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.