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Investment Advisor
January 2006
Callahan & Howard |
Boxes Are Not Classes Advisors who use style boxes as proxies for asset classes are performing a disservice to clients. Here's why characteristic boxes are not asset classes and allocating among various characteristic boxes is useless at best.   |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Susan B. Weiner |
The Middle Ground Mid-cap stocks have yet to command as much respect from advisers and investors as their small- and large-cap peers. Now mid-cap stocks find themselves in an unusual place -- the spotlight -- after a strong showing in 2005. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Gene Fama Jr. |
Equities Decoded Fama and French's famous three-factor model gives a clear view of stock prices. Here's how it works. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Randy Lert |
Stick to Your Guns! Investment managers have stayed bullish on investment underdogs despite a market that has been going the other way. Their favorite category by far is large-cap growth stocks, yet according to several surveys, those stocks only rose 1.7%. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Seven-Year Hitch? Small-cap stocks have been big winners ever since the last century, but keeping the good times rolling could be a major challenge for financial planners. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor A logical question for investors to ask themselves is: Given the massive and sustained underperformance of growth stocks, is this asset class sufficiently compelling to justify a tactical overweighting? |
Investment Advisor
October 2005
Ben Warwick |
The Puzzler: Large Cap or Small? We all know that when it comes to stocks, size matters. But bigger isn't always better, especially when the subject under discussion is the equity market. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Stan Luxenburg |
Going to Extremes Used as the "explore" part of a "core and explore" strategy, focus can indeed help produce alpha (outperformance). |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Jeremy Siegel The Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania weighs in on his long-term bullish outlook and the prospects he sees for REIT stocks. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Vickers, Henry & Miller |
Is The Bull Ready To Catch Its Breath? Valuations aren't really out of whack -- and a correction may be a buying opportunity. Stocks have been on a tear since they bottomed out last March. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Marla Brill |
Was Last Yearis Rally A Headfake? Jeremy Grantham says yes, and thinks the bear market will return in 2005. |
Entrepreneur
January 2005
Dian Vujovich |
Basket Case The saying "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" may have had its place on Wall Street during the past century, but with today's range of investment choices, that old axiom needs some rethinking. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2005
Robert Brokamp |
Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price? |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Raymond Fazzi |
A Small Risk Conventional wisdom says small caps are riskier than their large-cap counterparts, but they remain a basic building block in retirement portfolios. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
John Churchill |
The Big Calm Having trouble convincing clients that the equity market isn't such a wild place? Give them a quick history lesson: Turns out that the past two years have been some of the least volatile since 1996. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Russell Wild |
Style War Some financial advisers argue that there's more than one way to slice a portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005 |
Don't Forget Home Equity To business professor Dean Gatzlaff, your home should be part of any asset allocation plan. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Israelsen & Clement |
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. |
BusinessWeek
March 13, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
A Small-Cap World After All Are large-cap returns really due to pull ahead? Don't bet on it |
Investment Advisor
November 2005
Palash R. Ghosh |
S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Mid-Cap Value Funds Tap Rich Vein For the five-year period through the end of September 2005, the average mid-cap value fund registered an average annualized return of nearly 10.0%, versus a 1.5% drop for the S&P 500: RS Value Fund... Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Bill Barker |
50 Years of Market Whomping Time-tested strategies are good all the time. Small caps had a better year than large caps -- again. And value stocks outperformed growth stocks -- again. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Problem of Success If you overweighted clients' small-cap stock funds exposure a few years back, you're looking like a genius. But what now? Anyone seeking a small-cap choice faces a hard problem: Nearly all the top candidates have been closed. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Should You Short Small Caps? After years of reward, so-called contrarians are now turning up their noses at the small-cap fad. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Craig L. Israelsen |
Hidden Measures How did U.S. stocks perform versus U.S. equity mutual funds last year? The market-cap bias in measuring stock returns tends to obscure the true return picture. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Aaron Pressman |
Option Income Funds: Watch Out Option income funds, which hold stocks and sell call options against them, offer payouts that are generous in these low-yield times, but the risks are great. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004
Robin Penfold |
Challenging Assumptions It's possible that, for the first time in any living person's career, U.S. stocks will not perform as well as bonds in the next couple of decades. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004 |
Why Value Still Beats Growth Value stocks have been on a five-year roll, gaining an annualized 7.4% since 1999, vs. a loss of 3.8% for growth stocks. Can the trend continue? |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
Bill Barker |
Using a Chimp to Improve Your Returns Jeremy Siegel's constant posits that annual real returns for the stock market over the long term will always be 6.5% to 7% per year. But there's a way for you to improve on that. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
This ETF Sector Is Getting Pricey While large-cap stocks dominated in the late 1990s, small-cap stocks have had a truly amazing run in the decade since then. |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Anything but Middling Munder's Mid-Cap Core Growth Fund's Tony Dong has prospered by finding growth wherever. |
BusinessWeek
May 3, 2004
Lauren Young |
Small-Caps That Still Want You Many hot small-company stock funds are closed to newcomers. Check out these small-cap funds that still welcome new investors. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2004
Salim Haji |
How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Geracioti |
Jeremy Siegel Is Still A Believer in Stocks for the Long Term Siegel's most important message? That there must be a new approach to calculating the "right" price-to-earnings multiple for large stocks. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2003 |
REITs Three-Peat For the third consecutive year, real estate stocks outperformed most other benchmarks. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen |
Value vs. Growth: Which Investing Strategy Is Better? How do returns from these two types of equities compare? We test them - and find a real difference in performance. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005 |
Are Equities Undervalued? Given the risks that exist, analysts aren't planning to overweight equities at this time. But a decline in prices could make a compelling opportunity for a tactical overweight in stocks. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2006
Shannon Zimmerman |
3 Reasons to Sell Mutual funds are supposed to be buy-to-hold investments. Still, it's never safe to assume that any investment is a now-and-always proposition. Here are three key reasons to consider parting ways with a fund you hold. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Those Poor, Deluded Rich People ... A recent survey shows the misguided wealthy are at risk of not remaining rich, due to unrealistic performance goals, under-diversification and poor financial advising. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Kevin M. Wilson |
Why Value Beats Growth Portfolios using asset allocation combined with value investing produce better financial results. How should you advise clients to invest? |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Bruce A. Weininger |
Out Of The Style Box You have a much greater chance of improving performance by using a smaller number of managers who have shown an ability to outperform the market -- as long as you give them the freedom to invest in their best ideas, unconstrained by the style-box police. |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
Does Growth Investing Matter? Growth stocks are expected to outperform, but good luck figuring out what they are. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006
Stephen Savage |
Why Size Matters There's a huge incentive for money managers and fund executives to discount the significance of asset growth. But investors who ignore asset growth do so at their own risk. Here's why and how planners can spot trouble. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Craig L. Israelsen |
Three's Not a Crowd How passive fund investors can get the best exposure to the whole U.S. market. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Lewis Braham |
Funds That Make the A-List These funds are proving to be stalwarts in a still-iffy market |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Palash R. Ghosh |
S&P Mutual Fund Focus: Greater Expectations After six years of underperformance, many observers believe that large-cap growth stocks are poised to make a comeback. Here's a look at Marsico 21st Century Fund... Gartmore U.S. Growth Leaders/IS... etc. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker |
Evening the Odds A significant flaw in many active-versus-passive studies occurs when tallying the number of funds that under- or out-perform an index. Three steps could help level the playing field in the active-versus-passive debate. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Debating Investing Mistakes Should you avoid stocks with high P/E ratios? Should you buy stocks in a down market? Is it possible to over diversify your portfolio? Investors disagree about whether some investing actions are mistakes. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Fancy Footwork Just as the economy is expected to muddle through this year, consensus forecasts indicate parallel plodding in the financial markets, with unspectacular returns for stocks and bonds. Financial planners seeking to thrive in 2005 may need to develop new tactics. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2004
James Early |
4 Small Caps That Boost Your Odds The stock market has a back door to returns. The most fertile ground happens to be small-cap turf. Here's why many in the know feel this is true, as well as four names to jump-start your research. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Assessing Assets: Domestic equities... Growth stocks... Small caps... Investment-grade bonds... etc. |
