Strong earnings lift Dow to record high

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 All three major stock averages rose for the third consecutive week and the Dow […]

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10, 18, 2021
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By William Lynch

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

Strong bank earnings propel stock market higher

If there is one common theme to the vast range of the world’s financial crises, it is that excessive debt accumulation, whether by the government, banks, corporations or consumers, often poses greater systemic risks than it seems during a boom. – Carmen Reinhart, American economist For the second straight week, the stock market rallied into […]

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10, 18, 2021
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By William Lynch

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

Stocks post modest gains as debt ceiling crisis averted

The courage to press on regardless – regardless of whether we face calm seas or rough seas, and especially when the market storms howl around us – is the quintessential attribute of the successful investor. – John Bogle After a rocky start to the week that saw the stock market plunge on Monday due to […]

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10, 04, 2021
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By William Lynch

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

Rising interest rates and inflation fears sink stocks

October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. – Mark Twain In another volatile week of trading, the major stock averages succumbed to fears of rising inflation, higher bond yields and the prospect of Federal […]

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Strong earnings lift Dow to record high

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Stocks post modest gains as debt ceiling crisis averted

Rising interest rates and inflation fears sink stocks

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