August 20, 2010
The bond market is overreacting a bit to fears of deflation and double-dip recession, Director of Investment Strategy Perry Piazza tells Reuters.
August 4, 2010
"What we've seen for the last year are waves of volatility. Things get excitable, things calm down and then things happen again," CEO George Feiger told CNNMoney.com. That's going to continue for some time.
July 29, 2010
The Economist discusses a paper co-authored by CEO George Feiger that looks at using an "inertia benchmark" as a method of gauging whether managers really do provide value to the portfolios they run.
July 17, 2010
Speaking to TheStreet.com about recent financial sector results, CEO George Feiger said, "If you look at financials, you can see that loan losses have turned a corner. They've peaked and are turning around, so that's good news for the recovery."
July 9, 2010
Growth in China has sustained the commodities market, CEO George Feiger tells CNBC. If its real estate bubble bursts, this will hit commodity prices hard.
June 17, 2010
Investors are treating Europe as though it were a single entity, CEO George Feiger tells Forbes, "but there's not just one Europe." This means that investment bargains are likely to emerge in strong core countries such as Germany.
June 15, 2010
CEO George Feiger tells CNBC that he thinks today's market rally is just a manifestation of the market volatility that he expects to persist for the next few years.
June 5, 2010
If you want to gauge whether your investment manager is really improving your portfolio returns, CEO George Feiger told the Wall Street Journal, at the end of the year ask how your actual returns compare to the returns your portfolio would have achieved if no changes had been made during the year.
June 2, 2010
CEO George Feiger tells MarketsMedia Online that it's unlikely that measures taken so far are adequate to solve the European sovereign debt crisis.
May 28, 2010
The Idaho Mountain Express reports at length on "How Should We Invest? With Caution and With a Plan," a presentation that CEO George Feiger gave as part of Zions Bank's Community Speaker Series.
May 26, 2010
"I don't think the market is going anywhere," CEO George Feiger told Street.com. "The economy is recovering gradually and there's nothing that can be done to speed it up."
May 26, 2010
Volatility in the markets is likely to continue because it reflects the underlying problem of massive debt that can't be repaid, CEO George Feiger tells the Christian Science Monitor.
May 25, 2010
The troubles in the European financial markets may have less effect on US markets than many analysts think, CEO George Feiger tells CNNMoney.
May 21, 2010
CEO George Feiger talked to the Financial Times about the S&P 500's 12% drop from its 2010 high over the past month. “This so-called correction is bringing us just now close to fair value. Unless you’re absurdly optimistic about the U.S. economy, there’s nothing odd about today’s valuation.”
May 17, 2010
As the Euro fell to a four-year low, Directory of Investment Strategy Perry Piazza offered Street.com his perspective. “This is the first modern sovereign debt crisis in the developed world. The market is dealing with a combination of a correction and concerns about the Eurozone's ability to get its act together.”
May 16, 2010
CEO George Feiger told Bloomberg Businessweek he isn't optimistic about the U.S. defense industry, given how much Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs take from the federal budget. "Although we maintain our aggressive stance to the world, it isn't going to make any difference because there's no money."
May 3, 2010
The S&P 500 Index is up 7.8% since the start of the year, but CEO George Feiger tells the Financial Times that he does not expect much more appreciation, noting that the “excessive” indebtedness of consumers, companies and many governments had not significantly improved.
April 29, 2010
Watch a video clip of a Bloomberg interview with CEO George Feiger, who says he expects the euro to fall further (click here, then scroll down page).
April 7, 2010
Wealth Manager reports on a new research paper written by CEO George Feiger and Shahin Shojai, which discusses the inability of current academic models to predict risk.
February 17, 2010
Avoid investing in debt-laden companies in any industry, George Feiger told Business Week. Three sectors more likely to include companies with robust balance sheets are technology, energy, and health care.
January 29, 2010
Speaking of the recovery, CEO George Feiger told MarketWatch that current levels of debt mean that this recovery will not repeat the patterns of the past.
January 14, 2010
Watch a video of George Feiger's presentation at the Vectra Bank Economic Forecast Breakfast in Colorado Springs. Vectra Bank is an affiliate of Contango Capital Advisors.
January 13, 2010
Companies with strong balance sheets are going to do much better than companies that need to roll over massive amounts of debt, George Feiger told the Denver Business Journal.
December 28, 2009
Speaking with Bank Investment Consultant, co-chief of investment strategy Perry Piazza said that the economy is likely to be stronger than expected in the short term, with large-cap global companies doing especially well.
December 22, 2009
CEO George Feiger told MarketWatch that he isn't impressed with the recent rise in existing home sales because there are still so many homes in the foreclosure pipeline.
December 7, 2009
Expect volatility to continue, with rallies and meltdowns as part of the process, co-chief of investment strategy Milton Balbuena told the Wall Street Journal.
December 2, 2009
George Feiger discussed the secondary private equity market with Forbes, saying that he thinks now is a good time for high-net-worth investors to find promising opportunities.
November 24, 2009
"The economy is surviving on fiscal stimulus, and sooner or later that's going to be gone," CEO George Feiger told MarketWatch. "What you're seeing is total uncertainty about what is going to happen next."
November 10, 2009
Perry Piazza, co-chief of investment strategy, talks to Business Week about the market risk indicators he's keeping an eye on.
October 21, 2009
George Feiger told Reuters that he expects that bad consumer loans and corporate defaults will make banks reluctant to lend to companies for the next couple years.
September 18, 2009
Watch a webinar where CEO George Feiger discusses the current financial turbulence and what it means for individual investors.
August 27, 2009
Avoiding countries and companies that are mired in debt is a real advantage that actively managed funds can offer now over index funds, CEO George Feiger told Business Week.
August 17, 2009
George Feiger told the Wall Street Journal that any long-term equities recovery would not take place until fundamentals are healthier. "The world is not ending, but it is far from repaired."
August 13, 2009
Speaking to the Financial Times, CEO George Feiger was skeptical about the meaning of the recent equity rally: "People are desperate for the party to start again, which means that stocks are rallying even though the underlying economy is still weak."
August 5, 2009
CEO George Feiger tells Forbes that he expects the recovery to be tepid and that the first companies to recover will be the ones that don't have excessive leverage.
July 14, 2009
While some analysts believe the markets can weather the failure of commercial lender CIT Group, George Feiger is less optimistic. "I don't believe that the regulators have a good grasp of the implications of letting CIT go," he told Reuters. "If that were to happen, investors may shun the debt of mid-sized lenders in general."
July 10, 2009
After positive economic data reports and a modest stock rally, George Feiger discusses the prospect of a second government economic stimulus plan in the Financial Times. "The first stimulus hasn't begun to work yet, so the impact will be impressive if lawmakers vote in a second."
June 9, 2009
Co-chief investment strategist Perry Piazza tells MarketsMedia that investors may finally be able to find value in well-placed distressed investments. "Even though a lot of mortgage securities won't recover from the huge markdowns they've experienced, we think there are opportunities there."
June 5, 2009
The DJIA rallied this week, but CEO George Feiger strikes a note of caution in the Wall Street Journal. "There are massive ongoing credit problems and still fragility in the banking system. These both create a lot of volatility, and it seems people are just clutching at straws."
April 29, 2009
Investment strategist Milton Balbuena on the consequences of curtailed bank lending and consumer spending in the Longmont Times-Call: "While it looks a little better in (2010), 2009 is basically a write-off. The effect has been profound, with well-known retail chains disappearing into bankruptcy."
April 23, 2009
Co-chief investment strategist Perry Piazza talks to the Wall Street Journal about renewed interest in private equity investments. "Prices are down for a reason, and corporate balance sheets are being tested [and] secondary interests are trading at historically low levels."
April 20, 2009
While some see the recent market rally as a harbinger of recovery, CEO George Feiger shares his view with the Wall Street Journal: "Unwinding the credit bubble is going to take years, not quarters. We see this stock rally as an opportunity to sell."
April 14, 2009
The Financial Times queries CEO George Feiger on Q1 earnings. Though he says some of the shock is now being understood, "I think there are worse earnings to come than many people expect."
April 6, 2009
CEO George Feiger tells the Wall Street Journal what he expects on the eve of Q1 earnings season: "With the banking system in a state of disrepair, the economy - and corporate earnings - will keep on sliding."
March 3, 2009
CEO George Feiger talks to the Washington Post about the continuing collapse of the global financial markets. "People are really coming to terms with the fact that we not only have a global slump, but one that's going to be prolonged."
March 2, 2009
CEO George Feiger tells the Wall Street Journal’s MarketBeat that the sharp drop in Markit Group’s index of triple-A-rated CMOs was due to "waves of technical selling." "I wouldn’t be surprised to see it ripple through other parts of the loan market."
March 2, 2009
The EU rebuffed a bailout request from Eastern Europe's emerging economies, a decision CEO George Feiger told the WSJ’s MarketBeat is "an act of folly."
February 12, 2009
CEO George Feiger tells SNL Financial that while funds of funds have been outperfomring the market, "they have broken the promise that they won't go down."
January 23, 2009
CEO George Feiger expects economic losses to continue through 2009, the Daily Camera reported.
December 5, 2008
CEO George Feiger tells Deseret News that eroding capital means banks cannot lend more, and non-bank credit-generating entities are either financially crippled or paralyzed with fear.
December 4, 2008
CEO George Feiger tells SNL Financial that now is a good time to hunt for bargains among financial stocks, "if you have a strong stomach."
December 1, 2008
CEO George Feiger talks to the Wall Street Journal about bargain-hunting fund investors. "If it's cheap today, it will be cheaper after the end of the year."
November 20, 2008
CEO George Feiger talks to the Wall Street Journal's MarketBeat about the credit markets.
November 3, 2008
CEO George Feiger featured in Barron's article: "Assets are likely to become even cheaper over the next three months."
October 31, 2008
Gold News quotes George Feiger in article about safe investments.
October 30, 2008
Business Week asks George Feiger about safe havens in a bear market.
October 29, 2008
"Short selling is an expression of doubt, not a criminal activity," CEO George Feiger tells Bloomberg.com.
October 24, 2008
George Feiger talks to Bloomberg.com about the bond market. "I'm not buying now."
October 13, 2008
Those who blame short-sellers "mistaking the symptom for the disease," George Feiger tells Business Week.
September 25, 2008
Bailout could cost $1 trillion, says George Feiger.
September 22, 2008
“Buy, Sell or Stay Put?...” CEO George Feiger speaks to Business Week.
September 18, 2008
The Christian Science Monitor discusses the financial crisis with CEO George Feiger.
September 16, 2008
CEO George Feiger comments on the Fed rate cut.
June 15, 2008
Washington Post: S& P 500 Falls on Rate-Hike Fears, Comments by CEO George Feiger.
June 11, 2008
Business Week: Stocks Tumble on Oil Spike, Economic Fears. Comments by CEO George Feiger.
June 03, 2008
Forbes: Return to Zion. Article regarding Zion's Bank stock value.
May 7, 2008
Credit crunch still in “middle innings,” Feiger tells Arizona Republic.
May 1, 2008
Feiger talks to Business Week about how the credit crisis might spread. .
April 25, 2008
No company is invulnerable to credit cycles, Feiger tells CNN.
April 11, 2008
Feiger comments on GE stock drop in MarketBeat.
