Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks is known for his great timing, specializing in buying stocks when they are beat up. He believes that the market is in that situation now. Howard Marks may be far from a household name among investors, and his net worth of $2 billion pales in comparison to the big money out […]

David Hammer of bond king Pimco is doing his best to drum up more interest in municipal bonds. Their little scare may be over, but there’s little to be excited about here. There are three main types of bonds that people can invest in, which are sovereign bonds issued by federal governments, such as U.S. […]

Even in the best of times, there are always people who remain bearish, and during full moons like this, really come out to howl at it. Economist Charles Dumas is leading the way. Hardly anyone would claim that we are out of the woods yet with the coronavirus panic response. As long as this continues […]

The record for the worst economic decline in a single quarter is 10%, set back in 1958. That record has lasted over 60 years, but it’s about to fall, and fall in a very big way. Even in the worst of times, when the economy is in decline as much as it ever normally does, […]

Among those with very little understanding of how to invest, the errors that analysts make can escape them. The mistakes they are making these days are much more glaring. Scott Black is nothing if not experienced. He founded Delphi Management back in 1980 and has been at the helm as president ever since. His firm […]

With oil and stock markets already in a panic over the epidemic of virus fear that has gripped the world, Saudi Arabia declaring a price war on top of this was just too much. We already had the weekend’s escalating coronavirus cases to deal with come Monday, but Saudi Arabia had a little extra surprise […]

It shouldn’t be that hard for an active fund manager to beat the market, and do it consistently, if we focus on what matters. Baron Capital is one of the few funds that do. Fund manager Ron Baron of Baron Capital is getting some publicity these days for his extremely bullish take on Tesla, especially […]

With the stock market falling in leaps and bounds every day this week, many investors are looking for a better place to park their money. There are several ways to do this. So many of us invest without a plan, and may not even think that one is needed, or even useful. They just keep […]

Former Treasury secretary Jacob Lew has a bone to pick with the Trump administration, believing that they are overusing, abusing and undermining U.S. economic power. In the world of politics, it’s all too easy to be a critic, as just being disgruntled is more than enough, whether or not your criticisms have any actual merit. […]

The idea of Bernie Sanders being the stock market’s best hope for Trump to win is starting to gain more traction. We need to be careful when we wish for this though. Both New Hampshire and Iowa are proud of their front and center positions in kicking off the Democratic nomination process for president, and […]