Articles by Validea

Got Growth?

5/2/2013, 1:00 pm from Validea in Investing, Stocks

With first-quarter U.S. GDP growth falling short of expectations and few expecting much in the way of broader economic growth for the rest of the year, investors are once again considering... Read >>

The Gurus Ride The Rails (and The Big Rigs)

4/15/2013, 1:00 pm from Validea in Investing, Stocks

Since the global economic meltdown of 2008, most investors haven't expected much from the economy, and that doesn't seem to be changing. For many, if not most analysts and pundits, the... Read >>

Even in 'New Normal', Buy and Hold Still Beating Market Timers

3/25/2013, 10:24 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

Since equity markets peaked in 2007, macroeconomic factors have by and large been the driving force behind stocks. The U.S. financial crisis, the European debt crisis, China's slowdown -- these... Read >>

Five Guru Approved Stocks for Jittery Investors

3/11/2013, 2:00 pm from Validea in Investing, Stocks

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a new all-time high for the first time since the Great Recession and financial crisis, and the S&P 500 creeping closer and closer to... Read >>

Short-Term Focus Can Hinder Long-Term Performance

2/25/2013, 9:00 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

How's the market doing today? How about in the last hour? And your portfolio -- which of your holdings is down today? On the surface, it might seem that knowing the answer to those questions... Read >>

Four Guru-Inspired Picks That Are Putting Their Cash To Work

2/19/2013, 9:00 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

"Cash is king," the saying goes, but since the U.S. pulled out of the 2008-09 financial crisis, cash has been more like a pauper. With interest rates having remained near zero for the... Read >>

The Gurus Get Contrarian with Big Oil

1/28/2013, 9:00 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

Integrated oil and gas firms have had a lot working against them the past few years. The U.S.'s slow economic recovery, Europe's troubled economy, a slowdown in China, numerous political... Read >>

Cliff Fears Creating Dividend Bargains

12/26/2012, 11:00 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

As the U.S. marches closer and closer to the "fiscal cliff", one of the areas of the stock market believed to be the most vulnerable is high-dividend stocks. If Congress and the... Read >>

Guru Approved Stocks For a Potential Fiscal Cliff Resolution

12/6/2012, 10:00 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

While history's greatest investors have come in a variety of shapes and sizes, one quality that the vast majority have had in common is that they are contrarian thinkers. They don't follow... Read >>

Chemical Companies That Get the Guru Stamp of Approval

11/19/2012, 8:33 am from Validea in Investing, Stocks

We all know who makes the products that play huge roles in Americans' daily lives -- the Apples and Coca-Colas and Exxon Mobils and Hondas of the world. But do you know who makes the products... Read >>