Mike Melissinos is back from a long podcasting break to review the markets - stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. There's a lot happening right ...

We see pickiness permeating across society today. We don't like being wrong or feeling dumb. We think we can prepare for every little thing that comes...

We see pickiness permeating across society today. We don't like being wrong or feeling dumb. We think we can prepare for every little thing that comes...

Ask questions to learn how your manager and his or her strategy makes decisions each day. It's important to learn about how the strategy is going to b...

Bearishness across the board in a number of sentiment surveys and indicators.

Communicate well, especially the value proposition and generate performance. Done.

...concentrated risk in one asset class and poor loss-control tactics.

Some get the result they want, and stop working. Those in for the love, never stop regardless of the results they get - but they tend to get the best ...

“Improving” the strategy typically serves as a self-correcting mechanism to remind the manager to stick to his/her philosophy and strategy, not to cha...

A blind taste test between two investments.