Equity investors are hoping that the stock market normailizes, but in a secular bear market “hope is a killer,” Albert Edwards noted in a research piece today, as he... Read More

This is a summary of ideas expressed at the 4th Annual Excellence in Investing: San Francisco Conference, which is dedicated to the support of education and other children’s causes,... Read More

Jason Zweig introduces us to the writings of Ambrose Bierce as a prelude to his new book "The Devil's Financial Dictionary". Jason Zweig is the investing and personal finance columnist... Read More

In January, we had the opportunity to learn about a founder’s passion and drive to save his company. Retail entrepreneur, Julian Dunkerton, who won a proxy battle in early... Read More

Mohnish Pabrai and Guy Spier recently sat down for a conversation on value investing. Here is an exclusive excerpt (lots more to come soon in The Manual of Ideas... Read More

Bill Ackman, CEO at Pershing Square Capital, and Michael Pearson, Chairman/CEO at Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) (TSE:VRX), spoke with Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker today about... Read More

Alternative investments are edging into the mainstream after years of being available only to institutional investors and the upper elite of private investors. This shouldn’t be a surprise given... Read More

  After all the navel gazing and gloom preceding the release of  Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s first quarter 2012 earnings, it is now clear that Apple are enjoying the last laugh.  Apple... Read More

Templeton's Martin Cobb on which filters to apply to generate superior investment ideas Read More

Moody's Investors Service handed the Commonwealth Puerto Rico a wallop, downgrading it three notches to B2 from Ba2 and impacting $14.4 billion of outstanding general obligation (GO) bonds. Puerto Rico's... Read More