Louis Rukeyser Article Archive

• Buy the Numbers

  08-04-2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  We discuss which energy-related industries offer the best valuations with the manager of one of the top performing energy-focused mutual funds over the past three years.
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• Seven-Year Rich

  08-04-2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  This fund manager recently celebrated his seventh year at the helm, marking another year of happy returns for investors. With a focus on...
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• Silk Road to Income

  07-14-2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Three things are required to sustain human life: food, water and shelter. Although there's an overabundance of shelter on the market...
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• Values and Profits

  07/14/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  For over a year, investors of all stripes have flocked to US treasury bonds in an effort to minimize portfolio risk, prompting concerns that...
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• Harvesting Profits

  06/30/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Bringing a new mutual fund to market involves clearing a number of hurdles, but launching one at the outset of the worst recession in a generation is...
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• Alternatives Revisited

  06/30/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Hedge fund performance in 2008 was generally abysmal, as the industry lost about 18.3 percent.
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• Unconventional Value

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Bringing a new mutual fund to market involves clearing a number of hurdles, but launching one at the outset of the worst recession in a generation is...
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• Phoning in Results

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  With S&P 500 earnings off by as much as 35 percent in the first quarter, cutting costs is the first order of business for companies looking to defend...
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• Not So Risky Business

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  In recent months investors have shunned funds with even a hint of "junk." But high-yield funds may be just what the doctor ordered in these tough...
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• It Takes a Bear

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  lthough we dedicate a lot of ink to major fund families such as Vanguard and Fidelity, we're rarely enamored with all of a family's...
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• Mandated Savings

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Money managers have faced strong headwinds over the past eighteen months as asset values plunged and many investors fled to cash rather than...
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• It's Warming Up

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  Despite starting this week with a light sell off, April has so far been bullish for the markets. As I’m writing, the S&P 500 is up almost...
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• Charity for Banks

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  This weeks economic releases were bad but on a relative basis things seem to be improving. Based on the Challenger Job Cuts Report, announced...
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• Cash Crops

  05/19/2009 12:00:00 AM EST

  We check back with a gentleman farmer who discusses his investment philosophy and shares his best bets for sustainable growth. After years of...
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