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Strategy of the Week: Ben Graham Value Investor Model

Validea

His model is both conservative and disciplined, focusing on balance sheet strength and attractive valuations. Low Debt Levels (Long-Term Debt Net Current Assets) Limiting debt helps safeguard a companys financial health, especially during economic downturns. Example : A P/B ratio of 1.3 combined with a P/E of 11.1

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Market Commentary: Seven Important Things to Remember In 2025

Carson Wealth

Valuations Are a Poor Short-Term Timing Indicator Do you like buying things when they are pricey? There is virtually no proof that high (or low) valuations can predict what stocks might do the following year. Rather than making investing decisions based on valuations, you are better off investing in days that end in y if you ask me.

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Transcript: Richard Bernstein, CEO / CIO of RBA

The Big Picture

But before we get to that, let’s start with Bachelor’s in economics from Hamilton, MBA from NYU. And a friend of mine who had gotten fired from this economic consulting firm, got a job at Chase Econometrics, IDC, and said, you have to come over here. Barry Ritholtz : I’m, I’m thrilled to have you.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The biggest pushback I’ve seen is that valuations have been stretched after the big run-up since the 2022 bear market. His field of study looks at the interface between cognitive psychology and economics. Professor Camerer was became a MacArthur Fellow (Genius grant) in 2013 for his work on risk, self-control, and strategic choice.

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Transcript: Christine Phillpotts, Ariel Investments

The Big Picture

We’ll get to where you work at JP Morgan, but economics bachelor’s from Columbia MBA from Harvard. So I decided to become an economics major and a psychology minor. So the intersection of psychology and economics became really interesting. Christine Philpots. 00:01:37 [Speaker Changed] Thank you for having me.

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Market Commentary: Stocks in the Middle of Some Amazing Streaks While Job Growth Perks Up

Carson Wealth

Hiring also seems to have pulled back a lot, with the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) telling us that the hiring rate (hires as a percent of the labor force) has pulled back to 3.3% — a rate we last saw in 2013 (excluding the peak pandemic months in 2020). Right now, that’s running at a 3-month annualized pace of 4.4%.

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The State of the Stock Market

The Irrelevant Investor

The strongest stocks in today's market are the ones most levered to the economic recovery. You wouldn't find them trading with valuations sported by some of the high-flying tech companies. But other than that, the distance from a 52-week high seems to be completely random as far as valuation goes. Small worst, big best.