Seeding the Next Fortunes – Barrons.com

Seeding the Next FortunesBy KAREN HUBE | In this challenging period for investors, heres where Barrons finds top wealth managers are putting your money. In this tremulous age when a widely perceived “safe” investment can collapse in just a few screen blips, or a long-term laggard can suddenly break out, divvying up your assets has never required more thought. “You may choose the right asset class, but if youre in the wrong part of the church, youre going to miss the sermon,” says David Darst, chief investment strategist at Morgan Stanley. via Seeding the Next Fortunes – Barrons.com.

‘s not hard, just follow the Dividend..

For those of you long AAPL yesterday, the paltry 6% or so gain on the most impressive numbers that we’ve seen to date from the tech giant were a bit depressing.  The fact that every single metric that analysts provided estimates on was completely blown out of the water combined with the $7 drop in share price before the announcement only reinforces the fact that both analysts and the street had no idea how profoundly astounding Apple’s results would be.  So why doesn’t the market seem to reflect similar sentiment?  One word: Dividends.  With over $17 trillion in qualified retirement … Read more