Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | March 17, 2017 12:56 pm ET Wall Street is offering individuals a new way to invest in commercial real estate as protection from swings in the stock market. But the approach also carries its own risks. These funds largely invest directly in property, rather than in real-estate investment trusts, or REITs,...
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By Jason Zweig | March 10, 2017 11:59 am ET Image credit: Lithograph, “Christopher Columbus at the Court of Isabella II” (ca. 1840), Library of Congress The phrase “Great quarter, guys” has been uttered by analysts so often on earnings conference calls that it’s become a standing joke on Wall Street. There’s even a...
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By Jason Zweig | Mar 10, 2017 10:44 am ET Image credit: Caravaggio, “The Incredulity of St. Thomas” (ca. 1601), Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Wikimedia Commons My “Intelligent Investor” column this weekend looks at new approaches to financial disclosure. Rather than the deadly dull, seemingly endless streams of verbiage that fill...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | March 10, 2017 9:47 am ET As far as most investors are concerned, the standard warning in prospectuses — “past performance does not guarantee future results” — might as well read “Wjxsndf omv gyjrhubji qmta gjq ek blgy zbq oynru.” A new initiative at the Securities and Exchange Commission could be one...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | March 3, 2017 8:41 am ET “Let your winners run” is one of the oldest adages in investing. One of the newest ideas is that the winners may be running away with everything. Modern capitalism is built on the idea that as companies get big, they become fat and happy, opening themselves up to lean and hungry...
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