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15 August 2013

Bonds Still Deserve a Place in the Portfolio

By Gregg S. Fisher, CFA
Gregg Fisher, CFA

The rise in interest rates over the past few months has led some observers to pronounce an end to a long bull market in bonds. The yield on Treasury bonds maturing in 10 years jumped more than 100 basis points, … Read more

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14 August 2013

Linkfest: Obama staff try to quiet public Fed debate; Open jobs go unfilled; Gold bugs lose faith; ‘Whale’ charges

By Druce Vertes, CFA
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Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Obama aides … Read more

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14 August 2013

Trials and Tribulations of Negative Enterprise Value Investing

By Alon Bochman, CFA
Alon Bochman, CFA

About a month ago, I wrote about the attractive historical performance of negative enterprise value stocks. This week, I’d like to illustrate some of the challenges of investing in negative EV stocks by delving into some recent opportunities. Negative EV … Read more

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13 August 2013

Linkfest: ‘Great man’ theory of the Fed; QE questioned; The Hyperloop

By Druce Vertes, CFA
Linkfest

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Obama’s dangerously … Read more

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12 August 2013

Linkfest: Frothy junk debt; Traders seek news edge; ‘Generational selling opportunity’ in bonds?

By Druce Vertes, CFA
Linkfest

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Bond Hubris … Read more

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11 August 2013

The Importance of Turnover in Picking Managers

By A. Michael Lipper, CFA
A. Michael Lipper, CFA

Most of my posts end with a question to our readers. I ask questions not only to promote a dialog, but more importantly to learn from some pretty smart people who regularly read these posts. Last week, one of the … Read more

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9 August 2013

Stocks, Bonds, and the Fed’s Taper Talk

By Malcolm M. Trevillian, CFA
Speculation and Investment: Communicating the Differences in Style

Consensus wisdom seems to be that rising interest rates are bad for stock prices. The Wall Street’s Journal’s July 8 Abreast of the Market column began with a warning for investors: After Friday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report, investors are more … Read more

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9 August 2013

Linkfest: China distressed loan sales; Obama versus big banks; Detroit loses $1m check; JP Morgan ‘whale’ settlement

By Druce Vertes, CFA
Linkfest

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. China to … Read more

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8 August 2013

My Summer at CFA Institute

By Hadley Chu
Hadley Chu

Tell us about yourself. I’m from in Rye, NY, and am a rising junior at Princeton University where I am majoring in Economics and minoring in Chinese. Last summer I worked at Merrill Lynch and have been really happy to … Read more

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8 August 2013

Linkfest: PIMCO says bonds aren’t dead yet; Accelerator effects; Spain healing beginning?

By Druce Vertes, CFA
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Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Bond Wars … Read more

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