Can investors realistically time the market to maximize returns, especially over the long term? According to a study from Charles Schwab, perfect market timing is practically impossible. The firm's ...

Market timing has been derided over the years as a fool's errand, a loser's game that dampens returns by increasing costs (transaction and taxes) and just plain missing out on “big mover” days. In ...

The world of investment is a complex labyrinth filled with myriad opportunities and pitfalls. One of the most common misconceptions is the belief in the ability to time the market perfectly. However, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether a federal appeals court properly decided to dismiss a series of state class actions charging mutual fund companies with engaging in market timing.

In 2007, Man Group set up a unique joint venture with Oxford University, the Oxford-Man Institute. Since then, our campus in Oxford has flourished, now comprising dozens of researchers under the ...

A friend, David Leo, sent me his newsletter recently that contained an eye-popping statement: “Although the stock market had a return on investment of 9,399.31% or 11.72% per year between 1982 and ...

Back in the day, there were two immediate reasons not to time the stock market by exiting when prospects seemed dim and reentering after they brightened. The causes were costs and taxes. Stock trades ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...