I’ve been full of optimism when it comes to U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) --- and have been since December 2008. People called me crazy, but I was right. Here is my story.
Dr. Marc Faber, who predicted the 1987 crash and the recent financial crisis, is predictably gloomy. Buy farmland, gold and head into the country to avoid a "dirty" war, he told a conference. For more, please go to VonAldo.com, the blog of...
A review of 160 socially responsible mutual funds from 22 Social Investment Forum (SIF) member fund families shows that the majority of the funds outperformed the benchmarks for their categories in calendar year 2009. In particular, nearly three...
The graph below measures the performance of the Shanghai Composite Index against a basket of Chinese ADRs selected by Bespoke Investment from Jan. 2, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2009. The basket of 57 stocks, which includes all listed ADRs with a market...
Like hard-pressed retailers, investment managers have lately taken to lowering prices. Mutual funds and ETFs have cut expense ratios. Even exclusive hedge funds have reduced the fees they charge clients. Some of the fee cuts may be temporary...