Investment Strategies
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Emerging Markets’ Growing Middle Class a Boon for U.S. Investors: Outlook 2012
By Joyce HansonDuring the 2012 outlook season, investment strategists and other market watchers have repeatedly taken note of the growing middle classes in China, Southeast Asia, India and Brazil.
November 28, 2011
Four Strong Companies With Stable Dividends Might Beat TreasuriesSlipping quality, miniscule returnsemerging market banana republic? Actually, U.S. Treasury bonds.
November 23, 2011
Research Roundtable: Gundlach, Rodriguez, OthersOur expert panel John Buckingham, Kenneth L. Fisher, Jeffrey Gundlach, Robert Rodriguez sees turbulence and opportunity in the year ahead, as history makes clear that presidential election years are usually favorable for the securities markets.
November 23, 2011
Where We’re Headed: T. Rowe Price Looks at 2012 Investment Strategies'This year has been an exhausting one,' said T. Rowe Price Chairman and CIO Brian Rogers at a media conference on the outlook for 2012. But according to T. Rowe's investing experts, there are glimmers of hope on the horizon for next year.
November 23, 2011
‘Love’ Your Employees, and Your Bottom Line Will Love You, Says Former CEOWhen Todd Patkin ran his company, he was fond of giving hugs to employees, saying that what they cravedmore than moneywas appreciation, respect and, yes, love.
November 21, 2011
Economic Think Tank Polls Experts on Key Policy QuestionsThanks to a just launched website produced by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, you can follow your favorite economist, or get a sense of what the consensus of leading economists think about a variety of current public policy questions.
November 18, 2011
Asset Management Will Face Greater Headwinds in 2012: McKinsey ReportThe U.S. asset management industrys apparent resilience has temporarily masked serious challenges related to costs, productivity and growth, according to a report by McKinsey & Co.
November 17, 2011
Best & Worst 529 Plans: MorningstarMany parents of the countrys best and brightest soured on the 529 story after 2008. But the plans are making a comeback, and Morningstar helpfully points to the best, as well as those still in need of work.