Despite strong earnings, S&P 500 posts slight decline on trade worries

The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists. – Benjamin Graham The S&P 500 Index saw its four-week winning streak halted last week as it […]

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01, 22, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Geopolitical Risks, Global Central Banks, Interest Rates

Stocks post 4th straight weekly gain on trade optimism, earnings

The idea that a bell rings to signal when investors should get into or out of the market is simply not credible. After nearly 50 years in this business, I do not know of anybody who has done it successfully and consistently. I don’t even know anybody who knows anybody who has done it successfully […]

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01, 14, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Geopolitical Risks, Interest Rates

Stocks post solid gains on optimism over U.S.-China trade talks

The stock market goes up or down, and you can’t adjust your portfolio based on the whims of the market, so you have to have a strategy in a position and stay true to that strategy and not pay attention to noise that would surround any particular investment. – John Paulson The stock market continued […]

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01, 07, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, REITs

Stocks close higher on strong December jobs report, easing recession fears

The most common cause of low prices is pessimism – sometimes pervasive, sometimes specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It’s optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer. – Warren Buffett The […]

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Despite strong earnings, S&P 500 posts slight decline on trade worries

Stocks post 4th straight weekly gain on trade optimism, earnings

Stocks post solid gains on optimism over U.S.-China trade talks

Stocks close higher on strong December jobs report, easing recession fears

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