What investors expected and what occurred in 2012. The title is typical to see at the end of a year (2012 in this case). However, this new report from Jahanzeb Naseer an analyst at Credit Suisse Asia is extremely interesting The firm polled investors last year which markets they expected to outperform, what were the biggest risks etc. and what happened. Value investors (or contrarian investors) will not be surprised that the outcome was not only wrong but...
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Hedge performed exceptionally well this year (2013), compared with last year’s performance. Since the recent release of a report which put the yield of the average fund at 8.1%, many analysts have been looking at the returns and trying to figure out why managers are doing so poorly, and why people are still attracted to the products. When funds lost, on average, 4.8% in 2011, similar questions were being asked. The S&P 500 lost...
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Leon Cooperman Omega Advisors CEO says that s tocks remain the best investment and stand to post “respectable” gains for 2013. His value hedge fund was up 32% in 2012. He was on CNBC today and discussed his outlook on a variety of topics. We have embedded both videosbelow: A couple of different stocks are preferable to owning shares ofthe iPhone maker. 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Citi analysts have just released their 2012 report card for stocks, and value stocks outperformed the growth of all the other market caps. They said the S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX)’s year-to-date gain was 13.4 percent, which was within 1 percent of their forecast. They expected that earning issues in the first half of 2012 would scale back gains in the market before rallying mid-year. Equities increased 12 percent in the first quarter of 2012,...
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Best CEO’s Of 2012. As 2012 comes to a close, it’s the time of year to list some of the best CEOs of the past 12 months. These CEO’s are not chosen only on the basis of the work they did in 2012, but due weight-age is also given to the efforts put in previous years, which paid off in 2012, and in coming years. Finally, we used our proprietary system to decide on the...
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Gary Shilling predicted that the S&P500 would drop 43% from its level in April 2011. The S&P500 was trading at around 1368 that day, now it is at 1,424, up 5%. This makes Gary Shilling the winner of our worst call of 2012, congratulations. We hope no one took his advice! Here is the link to the transcript of Shilling in his own words, and the video is embedded below: 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and...
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What’s been on Americans’ minds most this year? Fascinating snapshot; top stories of 2012 according Google, Facebook and Twitter, the world’s top digital platforms, in this infograph. Top Stories Of 2012 From Google, Twitter And Facebook Learn about data visualization tools. 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) released the list of nominees for its Domestic Stock, International Stock, and Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year for 2012. Winners will be announced in the first week of January next year. Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN), provides independent investment research for investors. According to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN), the nominees for Domestic Stock Fund Manager of the Year delivered great results and served as strong stewards in putting the interest of fund holders first in...
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Millionaire Corner surveys investors to obtain insights into their financial needs and preferences. Research is conducted in partnership with Spectrem Group, the premier research and consulting firm in the wealth and retirement industries. This infographic describes where affluent Americans plan to vacation in the coming year as well as economic factors impacting those plans. Source: millionairecorner 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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All throughout the Republican debates and primaries, Mitt Romney has seemed like the undisputed favorite of the four major candidates. However, most of the states that Romney won tend to vote Democrat or a more moderate Republican. Rick Santorum appears to be appealing to conservatives more than all the other candidates. This was confirmed last night when Rick Santorum won the primaries in Mississippi and Alabama. It has been said that since Richard Nixon...
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