The big-picture story out there continues to be the battle between bad news (rising infections, high unemployment, too many crumbling businesses) and good news (progress toward vaccines, therapeutics, etc.; accommodative policies from the Fed; improving fundamentals for some businesses arising from the pandemic). there’s...
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Stocks produced one of their strongest quarters in living memory, with the S&P 500 returning 20.5% in the period ending June 30. The index has nearly fully regained its previously-lost value, declining only 6% for the first half of the year. Investors frequently how...
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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As we move into the third quarter, analysts at Goldman Sachs write that their baseline forecast is for the S&P 500 to gain 5% in the second half of the year. In their “vaccine upside” scenario, stocks rise by 14% from here; in “virus...
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The annual letter to shareholders contains vital information that gives you a better understanding of the company. Here are six key things to look for.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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The big news affecting the market this week is the upward trend in coronavirus cases in some states and the resulting concern that an economic rebound will be curbed sooner than hoped.
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There have been so many changes in 2020, it pains me to heap another change onto your laps, and yet it is time for me to do so. I’ve implemented the next phase of my longtime career plan by establishing a U.S. equity fund...
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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The market continues to recover from last week’s short but intense decline. In our portfolio there’s been a dearth of news flow. That’s fine with me. I think we could all use a little less stimulation and step back from our computers and devices...
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U.S. and global markets continue to be fueled by substantial amounts of liquidity washing over the world. According to Lipper, the amount in American money market funds has reached $4.6 trillion. This is a record going back to 1992.
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Right now, U.S. stock markets are surging, largely due to the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying binge. As bond prices rise from the increased demand, bond yields fall (and they’re tremendously low).
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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We’re finally starting to see signs that investors are realizing that risk actually does exist in the market (I think).
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From an investor’s point of view, I will be cautious about owning P&C insurance stocks. We won’t know the cost of all the damage until second and third quarter earnings reports, but you can be sure that profits will suffer.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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This list of the best investment sites to research stocks aims to help individual investors navigate the sea of stock-related information on the web.
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Why are markets continuing to move upward in the midst of economic and political upheaval? The short answer is don’t fight the Fed, which has made it abundantly clear that it will do anything necessary to keep this economy and market moving.
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The market is strong, our portfolio is full, and the prospects for the months ahead look good. Thus I continue to recommend that you be heavily invested in stocks that help you meet your investing goals.
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In the market, there seems to be some rotation going on. Or at least that was my sense of things over the first two and a half trading days of the week.
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