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Category Archives: Corporate Earnings

S&P 500 advances despite weak technology earnings

Generally, the greater the stigma or revulsion, the better the bargain. –  Seth Klarman, American billionaire who founded one of the world’s largest hedge funds The S&P 500 Index came with 1% of eclipsing its all-time high set in May 2015 before fading later in the week on disappointing earnings from Alphabet (parent company of […]

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Stocks gain on bank earnings, Chinese economic data

Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it. – Peter Lynch Financial stocks led the major stock averages higher last week as bank earnings were better than expected and investors breathed a sigh relief after the release of economic data from […]

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Stocks close lower on growth concerns, profit-taking

Chains of habits are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. – Warren Buffett The stock market posted its worst week since February as investors once again fretted about global growth concerns and decided to take some profits after stocks rose 2% the previous week. First quarter earnings season […]

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S&P 500 posts fifth straight weekly gain, positive for year

The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. – Benjamin Graham The S&P 500 Index closed higher for the fifth consecutive week and was in positive territory for the first time this year, making the correction back in January and February seem like a distant memory. More than anything […]

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Stocks fall on weak economic data, recession fears

Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away. – Jim Cramer The January employment report released on Friday could be viewed both positively and negatively but investors chose the latter, sending the S&P 500 Index lower by almost 2%. The government reported that 151,000 new jobs had […]

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Stocks rally after Bank of Japan cuts interest rates

While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor – patience, discipline and risk-aversion – may well be genetically determined. – Seth Klarman, American billionaire who founded one of the world’s largest hedge funds After languishing in the red for most of the week, the […]

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Stocks close higher as oil prices rebound

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with the 130 IQ. – Warren Buffett If you like the thrill, excitement and terrifying ups and downs of a roller coaster ride, then the action in the stock market last week […]

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S&P 500 closes lower on global growth fears, falling oil prices

I have found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future, you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading. Now is the time to buy. – Peter Lynch In another volatile week for stocks, the S&P 500 Index closed lower again and officially entered […]

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S&P 500 tumbles 6% on China growth fears, volatility

No one’s ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that’s abandoned by February. – Suze Orman There is an old saying that as January goes, so goes the year and if last week is any indication, 2016 could be another difficult year for the stock market. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the […]

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Mixed economic data leaves S&P 500 flat

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless. – Warren Buffett In a holiday-shortened week characterized by light trading and an absence of any significant market-moving economic data, the S&P 500 Index closed basically flat and has risen less than 1% for the month of November. For the most part, the economic […]

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