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Investors Flee Stocks and Bonds, Stuff Cash in Mattresses
By Gil WeinreichA new research report reveals that retail investors are pouring their income into bank savings and checking accounts and shunning stocks and bonds in near record numbersdespite all the Federal Reserve has done to entice them into risky assets.
January 02, 2012
How to Capitalize on the 'January Effect'Renewed optimism that drives resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking and save money also affects market performance, according to Stephen Ciccone, a professor of finance at the University of New Hampshire.
December 29, 2011
Stark Advice on Risk Avoidance From Leading AcademicZvi Bodie has long been a lone wolf in the financial services industry. The Boston University finance professor and veteran risk avoidance advocate, has himself risked being pelted with eggs, or worse.
December 26, 2011
A Warren Buffett ETF?We know that financial product developers have thought about introducing a Warren Buffett ETF, not because the investing public really needs it, but because theres no shortage of dubious ideas. Interestingly, though, financial marketers might not have to invent a Buffett ETF because one already exists.
December 23, 2011
Stocks Rise; S&P Turns Positive for 2011Stocks rose in quiet, pre-holiday trading Friday. The S&P 500 index turned positive for the year.Traders were relieved by news that Congress extended a payroll tax holiday for workers and emergency unemployment benefits.
December 23, 2011
Stocks Rise; S&P Turns Positive for 2011Stocks rose in quiet, pre-holiday trading Friday. The S&P 500 index turned positive for the year.Traders were relieved by news that Congress extended a payroll tax holiday for workers and emergency unemployment benefits.
December 19, 2011
Outlook 2012: Value Investing — A Glimmer in the GloomLike value investment gurus Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham, today's stock pickers believe that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.
December 19, 2011
Vanguard Switches Benchmark, Drops Fee for World FundThe fund giant moves its Total World Stock Index Fund to the FTSE Global All Cap Index