With so many blue-chips so beaten down in this season of selling, some buys must be out there, no? Here's a look at three potentials: BP, Nokia and HP. Are they cheap -- or cheap for a reason? (With video)
Osterweis Fund's managers use a stock-picking method that relies on "free cash yield." And the fund has a record for performing relatively well, even during stock-market downturns.
Market turmoil always brings out "experts" dispensing bad advice on what you should do with your money immediately. But if you've stuck to sound investment basics -- appropriate allocations in low-cost index funds -- you should just sit tight and do nothing.
The Masters' Select Equity Fund, managed by Jeremy DeGroot, aims to take a big decision off your hands by investing across five investment styles and cap sizes. But an investor in this fund would be exposed to one big risk -- active stock picking.
It sure is tough, but some stock-pickers have managed to consistently outperform the S&P 500. One such pro is Mark Boyer, who every year culls 40 stocks with the potential to beat the benchmark index. Here are his top five picks for 2010
The securities industry is always coming up with the "latest and greatest" way to make a quick buck. But almost all of such vehicles are structured to benefit brokers and money managers. Investors wind up getting relegated to their usual status as victims with no redress.
The index that DailyFinance's Daniel Solin created based on stocks that started with the letters in his last name would have ranked among the top 1% of mutual funds, if it existed. The message: Don't trust investing pros who confuse skill with luck. Index mutual funds are still your best bet.
In the last decade, all the stock indexes plunged, costing investors $2.5 trillion in lost wealth. Yet people keep buying stocks. To make sure you pick a winner like Amazon instead of a dud like AIG in the next decade, there are four key tests a stock should pass.
