It always amazes me: Whenever prices of something goes up, it's blame-the-speculators time! Of course, there are buying panics that force up security prices, but come one. I received this ridiculous press release from the Consumer federation of...
Last week the iShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury ETF (Ticker: TLT), which tracks longer-dated paper, fell by 4.1% in the week. That amounts to a 500-point plus in the Dow, according to Barron's. Our own Stan Luxenberg sent me this note about bond...
Regular readers of this blog know how fond I am of Leuthold Group's research. This month, Leuthold's PR man, Ben Bishop, of the Lowe Group, sent me this interesting precis of this month's research. One hint: Low volatility strategies suck. ...
In March, our cover story was called "Murder Holes," written by financial advisor and "reformed broker" Joshua Brown. The...
Each month, I like to highlight research from The Leuthold Group, which runs some mutual funds, including UGLX and the one I...
