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S&P 500 closes at record high on post-election optimism

The index fund is a sensible, serviceable method for obtaining the market’s rate of return with absolutely no effort and minimal expense. Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors and manager selection, leaving only stock market risk. – John Bogle For the third consecutive week, all three of the major stock averages […]

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Election fears weigh on stocks, S&P 500 down 1.9%

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. – Warren Buffett The S&P 500 Index fell nearly 2% last week and was […]

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Stocks post modest losses on new FBI probe

All intelligent investing is value investing – acquiring more that you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock. – Charlie Munger News on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had reopened its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails caused stocks to drop and left the major stock averages […]

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Stocks post modest gains on positive earnings reports

It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett The S&P 500 Index snapped a two-week losing streak with a modest gain as investors sifted through a plethora of quarterly earnings reports and economic data. The Nasdaq Composite Index posted the biggest gain of the major stock […]

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Stocks post modest losses on concern over earnings

To be an investor you must be a believer in a better tomorrow. – Benjamin Graham Stocks posted modest losses for the second consecutive week as uncertainty over the third quarter earnings season, the upcoming presidential election and the timing of the next Federal Reserve interest rate hike seemed to rattle investors. The S&P 500 […]

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Stocks edge lower on interest rate fears

The average person is 95 percent eyes and only 5 percent mind when they invest. If you want to become a professional, you need to train your eyes to be only 5 percent and train your mind to see the other 95 percent. – Robert Kiyosaki All three of the major stock averages edged slightly […]

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Stocks edge higher on optimism over Deutsche Bank

In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices. – James Grant The stock market was taken on a roller coaster ride last week and when the ride stopped on Friday, the S&P 500 Index had managed to eke out […]

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Stocks post modest losses on Fed rate hike fears

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard. – Warren Buffett Economic data and quarterly corporate earnings reports took a back seat last week to the speech on Friday by Fed Chair Janet Yellen at the Federal Reserve’s annual conference in […]

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Stock averages close flat in listless summer trading

As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him. – Benjamin Graham After rising to all-time highs on Monday, the major stock averages fell back slightly and ended the week virtually flat as volume continued to remain relatively low. Lack […]

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Stocks edge higher but July retail sales disappoint

The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them. – Peter Lynch The dog days of summer have set in and the major stock averages reflected the August doldrums last week as trading volume was light and stocks were little changed. Although stocks edged slightly higher for the week, […]

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