Akre Fund focuses on value as market declines
(Reuters) - Chuck Akre is trying to make the most of the suddenly scary stock market. As the portfolio manager of the eponymous $1.9 billion Akre Focus Fund, Akre has...
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Anticipating the end of the Fed’s bond-buying spree
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This you can bet on: The Federal Reserve will eventually stop its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program, an economic lifeline aimed at getting the country back on...
To beat the bull market, focus on company owners
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Peter Doyle, manager of the $1 billion Kinetics Paradigm No-Load fund, beating the performance of nearly every other world stock fund over the last year...
For growth investors, reasons to look past tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Long considered the best option for growth investors, technology funds have lost some of their edge. It may be time to reconsider how they get quickly...
Star Canada stockpicker runs year’s top U.S. bond fund
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Once named Canada's "Stockpicker of the Decade" by fund tracker Morningstar, Francis Chou now runs the top-performing bond fund in the United States. But it may...
Pension underfunding grows despite U.S. market rally: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The gap between what major corporations will owe retired workers and how much they have put aside grew last year despite a strong stock market rally,...
Why value veterans Wally and Drew Weitz focus on cash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran value investor Wally Weitz didn't have far to look when it came to picking a co-manager for his firm's mid-cap fund. In December 2011, Weitz,...
Small funds shine in 2013 U.S. Lipper Fund Awards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When sizing up a mutual fund, investors might want to ignore size all together. That is because 21 of this year's 37 2013 U.S. Lipper Fund...
Is it too late to chase the stock market rally?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As soon as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another all-time high (of sorts) on Tuesday, Kentucky-based financial adviser Billy Lanter began fielding phone calls from...
Piggybacking on dealmakers as M&A bounces back
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a six-year lull, deal making is back with a vengeance. That means investors may need to rethink strategies to profit from increasing numbers of mergers...