Friday, 30 January 2009

Where the Financial Gurus Are Putting Their Own Money

In times of market strife, financial gurus often tell investors to think long-term and stay the course. Some of them even put their own money where their mouth is.

A sampling of high-profile industry veterans, academics and brokerage-firm chiefs reveals that many are hanging on to holdings battered by last year's market slide and busily hunting down new opportunities, particularly among bonds and beaten-down value stocks. Some are snapping up municipal bonds, inflation-indexed securities and steady-Eddie dividend-paying stocks.

And they're generally upbeat about the prospects for long-term retirement savers.

"I think this is a marvelous time to be investing," says Rob Arnott, the 54-year-old chairman of Research Affiliates LLC, an investment-management firm in Newport Beach, Calif. "There are more interesting opportunities out there now than any of today's investors have ever seen."

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