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Stocks close modestly lower to end a dismal year

Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five-year averages. – Warren Buffett Although the official Santa Claus rally period doesn’t officially end until after the first two trading days of the new year, it looks like the Grinch may instead steal any happiness that investors may have enjoyed in an […]

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Stocks decline as hawkish Fed comments outweigh positive CPI data

The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time. – Jessie Livermore, was an American stock trader What began as a positive week for the major stock averages after a favorable piece of inflation data abruptly turned negative on Wednesday following the Federal Open Market […]

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Stocks post gains despite mixed economic data, Fedspeak

Risk and time are opposite sides of the same coin, for if there were no tomorrow there would be no risk. Time transforms risk, and the nature of risk is shaped by the time horizon: the future is the playing field. – Peter L. Bernstein, was an American financial historian, economist and educator   Despite mixed […]

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Strong retail earnings, Fed minutes propel stocks higher

Price is a creature of the market’s mood. In booms, it is set by the greediest buyer; in busts, by the most fearful seller. – Benjamin Graham   In the holiday-shortened week characterized by thin trading volume, the major stock averages all posted gains with the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the way with a gain […]

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Stocks soar on better-than-expected inflation data, S&P 500 up 5.9%

In investing, you get what you don’t pay for. Costs matter. So intelligent investors will use low-cost index funds to build a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, and they will stay the course. And they won’t be foolish to think that they can consistently outsmart the market. – John Bogle The biggest rallies in […]

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Major stock averages tumble as Fed raises rates again

It’s the nature of stock markets to go way down from time to time. There’s no system to avoid bad markets. You can’t do it unless you try to time the market, which is a seriously dumb thing to do. Conservative investing with steady savings without expecting miracles is the way to go. – Charlie […]

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Stocks rally despite hawkish comments from the Fed

Don’t think that you know more than the market. No one does. And don’t act on insights that you think are your own but are usually shared by millions of others. – John Bogle  After falling for three consecutive weeks, all the major stock averages rebounded last week to post solid gains, ranging from 2.7% […]

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S&P 500 falls for third straight week despite favorable jobs data

The secret recipe for success in the stock market is simple: 30% in market analysis skills, 30% in risk management, 30% in emotion control and 10% in luck. – Benjamin Lee  The stock market began the month of September on an inauspicious note after release of the August employment report and all three major stock […]

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Strong jobs data and lower oil prices lift stocks, S&P 500 up 2%

Throughout my financial career, I have continually witnessed examples of other people that I have known being ruined by a failure to respect risk. If you don’t take a hard look at risk, it will take you. – Larry Hite, hedge fund manager  Stronger than expected economic data last week eased recession fears and the […]

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S&P 500 declines 2% as recession fears rise and consumer sentiment drops

I’ve been fully invested at the start of all major declines and I will be fully invested in the next one. I am not a market predictor, that’s for darn sure. – Peter Lynch  The stock market was no better in June than it was in the previous five months of the year as the […]

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