The Evolving U.K. Equity Market
Exposure to global mining and energy firms continues to ramp up.
Authored by: Sean McLaughlin
Large Firms Stepping Off the Share-Buyback Treadmill
After years of supporting share prices and EPS growth with increasingly aggressive share-repurchase programs, companies are showing signs of buyback fatigue.
Municipal Bonds – Waters Are Roiling in this Once-Sleepy Sector
Deleveraging, insurance woes, and liquidity concerns deliver pitfalls and opportunities to taxable investors.
Curbed Enthusiasm
European markets are not setting up for a standout 2008.
The Pause That Refreshes?
Narrow market participation and weak financial shares may spell more trouble after the November jolt.
Opportunistic Credit Funds Hoping for Fire-Sale Prices
Managers go shopping in the aftermath of the credit conflagration.
U.S. Value Stocks Moving Out of the Markdown Aisle
The slim premium for growth stocks provides investors an opportunity to upgrade the quality of their portfolios.
Room to Boost European Dividend Yields?
Excess cash may lead to increased dividends and share-buyback activity, if M&A activity doesn’t lay claim to the money first.
It’s Getting Late—Risks Are Rising
This report on asset allocation in the current environment is the fifth in what has evolved into a series of occasional papers on the evolution of the secular bear market in equities and our thoughts on how investors can best cope with the prevailing uncertainties. While recognizing that conditions could certainly remain benign for some…
Graying Around the Edges?
If tech stock earnings disappoint again in 2007, overall earnings are likely to fall short of expectations.