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Monday Morning: Pessimistic contrarians float to the top
One of the great perks of being a journalist, and in particular an editor, is that you can…
Monday Morning: Can the bulls outrun the bear (market)?
You know the old story. Two campers are out in the woods when they see a bear off…
Monday Morning: In Investing 101, no easy answers on valuation
A group of students in professor Don Pitti’s Managing Investment Funds course at St. John’s University in New…
Derivatives: A brave new world for planners
As the clients’ wealth grows, so must the expertise of financial planners and investment advisers. That’s because clients…
Monday Morning: The death of yet another new paradigm
The bad news is that the technology sector of the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index was down…
Monday Morning: When learning more means knowing less
When it comes to stock recommendations by analysts, some Wall Streeters say members of the media stink at…
Monday Morning: There’s danger lurking in the hedge funds
We will be hearing a great deal about hedge funds over the next few weeks. That’s because hedge…
Monday Morning: Drugs and biotech: Flashes in the pan?
OK, George W. Bush is the president-elect, and the Fed has cut rates. Now what do financial planners…
Monday Morning: Mozart was born too soon. A-Rod wasn’t
Christmas came early for Alex Rodriguez and a few other high-priced baseball players, and to tell the truth…
Monday Morning: In terms of tax efficiency, funds are low
The topic of the tax efficiency of mutual funds has been a common one at conferences for financial…
Monday Morning: Techs drag down S&P 500 and the Dow
It appears the unheeded predictions of many that the tech stock bubble would eventually burst have come true.
Monday Morning: Deadlock is good, deadlock works … in D.C.
A political stalemate ? How terrible. Well, maybe not so terrible. Almost forgotten in the furor over the…
Monday Morning: Making a case for not-my-fault deductions
While recently trying to justify where much of my paycheck has gone this year, I felt an unfamiliar…
MONDAY MORNING: Getting more crash and burn for the buck
Last week I called PSINet Inc., an Internet tech company in Ashburn, Va., to apply for a vacant…
MONDAY MORNING: A death knell for the equity risk premium
The equity risk premium has turned negative. In plain English, that means investors will not be rewarded in…
MONDAY MORNING: Style just isn’t the same, if you get my drift
Just when it seems that one investment style has taken over and will dominate the stock market for…
MONDAY MORNING: My adviser’s a shrink when stock prices sink
As my semiconductor stock tanked to new depths last week, my financial adviser called to check on my…
MONDAY MORNING: The two-handed investor takes a pass
That two-handed financial adviser is back. He’s been looking out at the final quarter of the year and…
MONDAY MORNING: Predictions to live by until the world ends
I often find myself gaping in disbelief at stock market predictions and economic forecasts. This isn’t just because…
