Investment Strategies
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Parents’ College Savings Falling Far Short of Goal: Fidelity
By Marlene Y. SatterAccording to a study released Tuesday by Fidelity Investments, parents are ill-prepared to meet tuition costs, with their savings likely to cover only 16% of the bill.
August 22, 2011
Recession Priced Into Treasuries, as Yields Near Historic LowsInvestors flight to safety into U.S. Treasuries (despite the recent S&P downgrade) has driven yields toward historic lows and has market participants pricing in a recession, say market watchers such as Brent Burns of Asset Dedication.
August 19, 2011
Buy and Hold, but Don’t LookThe wise course is to adopt an investment strategy with your eyes wide open, but once adopted to keep them tightly shut.
August 19, 2011
Envestnet May Not Be Finished With Acquisitions After FundQuest DealEnvestnet Chairman Jud Bergman says more acquisitions possible following $24 million deal for TAMP provider.
August 17, 2011
Signs Point Away From Treasuries, but Not Because of DowngradeYes, there could be more downside in the market , but a decline in confidence is very different from a decline in financial worthiness.
August 16, 2011
Roubini: Karl Marx Got Capitalism's Death Wish Partly RightNouriel Roubini, the economist known as Dr. Doom, invoked the specter of Karl Marx while taking on presidential candidate Rick Perry over threats by the 'Texan thug' against Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
August 16, 2011
Bear Market Indicator ‘Death Cross’ Makes Ominous AppearancesBlack Swans, Hindenburg Omenscant at least one market indicator be called Candy and Unicorns?
August 12, 2011
5 Best Quotes From Wild Market Month—So FarAs investors suffered market whiplash in August, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham and others made insightful, if not depressing, comments about the economic implications stemming from the debt ceiling debacle and the S&P downgrade.