Portfolio manager Wally Weitz's bets on Warren Buffett and telecoms mogul John Malone have helped his fund produce the best risk-adjusted performance among U.S. value funds in the past five years.
Today's Breakfast with (<i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff) Benjamin: SEC targets advisers; hedging with gold mining stocks; new muni bond math, and how athlete IPOs pull a hammy.
Largest IPO by a technology company since Facebook in May 2012 values the microblogging company at $14.2 billion. At $26 each, above the offering price, shares to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Obamacare may be off the debt ceiling agenda but for investors, there is an exchange-traded fund that holds all the businesses likely benefit. It's had a good run so is there still upside potential?
China's economic reform blueprint stokes markets. Plus: Strategies for early retirement, how Tim Geithner is getting really rich, the bleeding edge of biotech, and women flood the U.S. labor market. Expertly curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Global markets start the week strong, thanks to U.S. economic news. Plus: Schwab IMPACT coverage, Wall Street prophets, Veterans Day. Expertly curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
The much talked about 'great rotation' to stocks from bonds is a flawed theory because the correlation isn't direct, according to Sanford C. Bernstein. That means investors expecting a pop in stocks could be in for a disappointment.
Gold's precipitous drop brings it to a key level, $1,200 an ounce. Some experts think this is the worst it will get for the precious metal. Does that mean now's the time to buy?
Three big reports to hit the market, plus: Bitcoin spikes as euro takes a dive, Bernanke's prezzie to Yellen and advisers' big headache. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Shares of Twitter surged 73% in their debut, the biggest IPO opening pop since 2007. Part of that was by design as management and bankers took the lessons of Facebook's botched IPO to heart. What's in store for the stock now?
Plus: Deutsche Bank's new China ETF hottest launch since 2007
One money manager, who uses fundamental research, says that while tech stocks are getting all the excitement from investors (think: Twitter IPO), the consumer discretionary and health care sectors offer better opportunities.
Plus: Bitcoin is back with a vengeance, what's up with consumer discretionary stocks, how about BP and Tesla's surprising earnings miss. From <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Two of America's best known investors are moving in opposite directions in the stock market. Who will win?
Survey finds people still spooked by 2008 - 'the enemy they know' - as cash value erodes
Social media site seeks $1.4 billion in biggest web offering since Facebook.
Exchange CEO says need "to improve our defensive driving ability.”
Bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co. has hired a new global head of equities, replacing Neel Kashkari, who left the company at the beginning of the year to pursue a political career.
