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How to Play Likely Q2 Market Weakness—Searching for Alpha for May 2012
By Ben WarwickAt least in the short term, the market environment will be difficult to map. Some suggestions for advisors.
April 25, 2012
Milevsky: How Much in Risky Stocks vs. Safe Cash?From a purely mathematical point of view, the stocks are safer over long periods of time argument before Paul Samuelson took an axe to it went as follows.
April 19, 2012
Stocks Cheap? Don’t Believe ItThe 'cheap stock' argument is pretty appealing, especially since bond yields are so low. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently went so far as to recommend a 100% allocation to equities.
April 17, 2012
S&P’s Stovall: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even With AppleAdvisorOne contributor Sam Stovall, S&Ps chief equity strategist, compares investors to Jan Brady in his latest commentary, claiming theyre "frustratingly chanting Apple, Apple, Apple, with good reason.
April 13, 2012
Why You Shouldn't Trust Washington or Wall Street, Part 1If youve ever listened to Wall Street analysts, economists, and politicians, you will have noticed something they would be quite hesitant to admit: they are often dead wrong in their stock market and economic predictions.
April 04, 2012
Investors More Concerned About Inflation Than Advisors, MFS Survey FindsInvestors are more concerned about inflation over the next 12 months than their financial advisors think, according to the latest results from the MFS Investing Sentiment Survey.
April 04, 2012
John Hancock Reports Rise in Investor ConfidenceInvestor sentiment improved to +21 in the first quarter of this year, compared with a score of +15 in the fourth quarter of 2011, the most substantial increase since the Index was started in early 2011, the report says.
April 02, 2012
In Q2, Prepare for Mettle-Testing Markets—Searching for Alpha for April 2012Why I expect to see a respite to the near-hyperbolic rise in stocks.