February Issue: Finding Opportunities

As global economic concerns continue to dominate the news, we are joined by John and Nick Calamos, of Calamos Asset Management. These two investors believe their performance over the last decade is a testament to active management, and they believe it will play an increasingly important role in helping investors build wealth over time – especially overseas. They are here to help us do just that in this month's visit. Continue Reading »

Weekly Update3.05

When you buy a new car, it begins to depreciate in value as soon as you drive it off the dealer's lot. Talk about a bad investment.

The name of the game, then, is to get as good a deal as possible and try to minimize that depreciation. Now may be a great time to do that, as the auto manufacturers are rolling out the incentives to get you to buy. Toyota has been doing this in response to its well-documented troubles and its recalls.

I've been watching the whole Toyota situation play out from a different perspective, and that is its potential impact on international trade.

Quote of the Week

The yields on government bonds today are very low, and that makes stocks very attractive. You can put together a diversified portfolio and earn more in dividend yield than you'd get in a government bond. I think investors are making a mistake by putting new capital into the bond market instead of the equity market.

- Bill Nygren, portfolio manager, Oakmark Funds

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When the news of the commercial real estate foreclosures is made public, what will be the effect on the market?

In terms of the impact on the broad market, I don't think people are expecting commercial defaults to result in a crisis of the magnitude we saw a year ago. Continue Reading »
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