USA Today Investment Roundtable: Get over your fear and get back into stocks, say experts

Five Wall Street commentators – Abby Joseph Cohen, Bob Doll, David Bianco, Richard Bernstein and Dan Chung – say it’s time for individual investors to shun the perceived safety of bonds – and get over their fear of the U.S. stock market – so they can take advantage of what they predict will be a third straight year of solid gains for stocks in 2011.

“The major theme from USA Today’s 15th annual Investment Roundtable is that the bond market is looking riskier amid signs the economy is gaining traction. The five panelists say stocks, which get a boost from stronger growth, will post better returns than bonds in 2011. They are advising investors, many still leery two years after the financial crisis, to start shifting some investment dollars out of bonds and back into stocks,” reported USA Today.

In the five video clips below, each of the panelists share their specific views. [PduP: Wow, what a bullish bunch! I’m concerned about the timing of some of these recommendations.]

Abby Joseph Cohen
Abby Joseph Cohen, senior investment strategist and president of Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Institute, recommends the information technology, energy and financial services sectors.