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Many people think value investing is dead. It's not.

Style leadership rotates across cycles. Also, adjusting how you measure 'value' can make a huge difference.

Style leadership is dynamic

Traditional value investing has endured a lost decade.

The S&P 500 Index fell 3.2% on Tuesday, while shares of McCormick & Co. (MKC) rose slightly. Why did most stocks go down while this one went up? It’s called a rotation.

McCormick makes the red spice containers almost everyone has in their cabinet.

Imagine if your investment manager not only lost all your money, but on top of that, you owed additional money. That’s the brutal reality facing one group of investors.

Dinner debates are an annual tradition for many households on Thanksgiving. If the market becomes a topic at your table this year, here is perspective on timely issues your relatives will be thankful for.

Where is the market heading? 

Investing is about 80% psychology and 20% mechanics. If you let the environment control your psychology, you’re not going to win.

The S&P 500 is down 5% so far in October. Whether you're a market pro or novice, this sort of environment can be difficult. Here are three tips to help you maintain an emotional edge during market corrections.

Many investors have been learning an unpleasant lesson lately. That is: stocks and bonds can lose money simultaneously. For instance, last week both of the major asset classes declined about 1%.

1% doesn't qualify as a big move in the stock market. But for bond investors, it stings.

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

- Lewis Carroll

Unless you take a completely passive approach with your investments, it's important to maintain a sense of direction.

This week marks the 10^th anniversary of the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.  On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11.

I’ll never forget the morning it happened. I was an analyst in the Bay Area.

With stocks making all-time highs again, I’m having daily conversations with investors who aren’t sure how to invest their money.

Many ask: Should we put new money to work at these levels, or wait for a pullback?

Others wonder if stocks are in a bubble, which may warrant profit taking.

In a sense, it’s fitting that ‘debt’ is a four-letter word. The debt narrative is resoundingly negative. America (and Americans) have too much of it. The Europeans are still enduring slow growth because of it. Almost all financial planning literature urges readers to get rid of it.