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Inside the Market's weekend roundup of some of last week's best investing reads on the Internet, which are highlighted every morning in our Before the Bell report.
Insight
Do financial experts make better decisions than the rest of us? No, says a new study of mutual fund managers.
How magazine covers give off investment signals - and whether the Economist cover suggests Europe is a buy.
Why retail investors will never hear market-moving news first.
Predicting bonds with stocks: A strategy to improve timing in corporate and high-yield bonds.
What's an investor to do about bonds?
Does stock picking still work in emerging markets?
How to build a personal margin of safety.
Contrarian investing will require that you be "alone" almost all the time - but the rewards can be great.
Most indicators that investors pay attention to have no statistical validity whatsoever.
Maximizing shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
Do you have the advisor six-pack?
Pension funds make mistakes, too.
A simple investing strategy for stock picking that has worked.
Where a four-star manager sees value in stocks.
Ten insane things we believe on Wall Street.
Trends
Individual investors have returned to the stock market in a very big way - but in a different way.
Gold equals 15 barrels of oil in bearish sign for bullion.
Precious metals equities may be a pocket of cheapness in a fairly valued market.
The death of active? Evidence is lacking that investors have gotten religion about passive investing.
Buying high: How to get rich on pot stocks. Meanwhile, the marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020.
Darcy Keith