Investment Strategies
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Buy and Hold, but Don’t Look
By Gil WeinreichThe wise course is to adopt an investment strategy with your eyes wide open, but once adopted to keep them tightly shut.
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.
August 11, 2011
Doomsayer Jeremy Grantham: ‘7 Lean Years’ Too OptimisticDecrying Republican blackmailers and President No-Show, mega-investor Jeremy Grantham says our debt-ceiling performance makes the U.S. look like a banana republic.
August 09, 2011
In Volatile Market, What We Own, and Why: Our Stock PositionsA review of our equity positions, and why we still invest in stocks.
August 08, 2011
How I’m Positioning Client Portfolios NowIn these turbulent markets, positioning client portfolios correctly. So far, so good.
August 07, 2011
Understanding the Commodity Exposure of MLPsThere are ways to target investing in order to have more or less commodity exposure than the sector’s historical averages