Stocks closely modestly lower on proposal to raise capital gains tax rate

Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be taxed at a higher rate. – John Bogle Both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had their four-week winning streaks snapped last week as both benchmarks closed modestly lower […]

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04, 19, 2021
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By William Lynch

Commodities, Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices

Strong bank earnings propel Dow, S&P 500 to record highs

Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired and selling when they are full of hope, takes fortitude. – John Templeton For the fourth consecutive week, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index posted gains and closed on Friday at record highs […]

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04, 12, 2021
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates

Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs as economic recovery gains momentum

The best way to measure your investing success is not whether you’re beating the market but by whether you’ve put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go. In the end, what matters isn’t crossing the finish line before anybody else but just […]

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04, 05, 2021
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market

Strong jobs report & prospect of more stimulus power stocks higher

The mistakes we make as investors are when the market’s going up, we think it’s going to go up forever. When the market goes down, we think it’s going to go down forever. Neither of those things actually happen. It doesn’t do anything forever. It’s by the moment. – John Bogle In the holiday-shortened week […]

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Stocks closely modestly lower on proposal to raise capital gains tax rate

Strong bank earnings propel Dow, S&P 500 to record highs

Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs as economic recovery gains momentum

Strong jobs report & prospect of more stimulus power stocks higher

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