- 02, 01, 2016
- Comments Off on Stocks rally after Bank of Japan cuts interest rates
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices, The Market
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 […]
Take a Tour- 01, 25, 2016
- Comments Off on Stocks close higher as oil prices rebound
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices, The Market
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 […]
Take a Tour- 12, 14, 2015
- Comments Off on Stocks tumble on falling oil prices & Fed rate hike fears
- By William Lynch
- Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices, The Market
Stocks tumble on falling oil prices & Fed rate hike fears
Money has never made man happy, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. – Benjamin Franklin In the aftermath of OPEC’s decision not to reduce oil production, the price of oil plunged last week to below $36 a barrel and […]
Take a Tour- 12, 07, 2015
- Comments Off on Volatile week ends with S&P 500 virtually unchanged
- By William Lynch
- Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices, The Market
Volatile week ends with S&P 500 virtually unchanged
In the long run, it’s not just how much money you make that will determine your prosperity. It’s how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it. – Peter Lynch The S&P 500 Index ended the week virtually unchanged but that does not tell the whole story as stocks […]
Take a Tour- 11, 30, 2015
- Comments Off on Mixed economic data leaves S&P 500 flat
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Geopolitical Risks, Interest Rates, The Market
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 […]
Take a Tour- 11, 23, 2015
- Comments Off on Stocks rebound on FOMC minutes, strong retail earnings
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks rebound on FOMC minutes, strong retail earnings
Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. – Seth Klarman, American billionaire who founded one of the world’s largest hedge funds The major stock averages rebounded strongly last week to recover most of what they had lost the previous week as investors embraced an all but certain […]
Take a Tour- 10, 26, 2015
- Comments Off on Global central bank policies propel stocks higher
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Global central bank policies propel stocks higher
In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine. – Benjamin Graham The S&P 500 Index extended its winning streak to four straight weeks as third quarter corporate earnings reports continued to surprise to the upside and global central banks remained accommodative with easy […]
Take a Tour- 07, 06, 2015
- Comments Off on Anxiety over Greece sinks stocks
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Anxiety over Greece sinks stocks
There’s always been the position that the small investor has no chance against the big institutions. – Peter Lynch After falling about 2% on Monday on fears of a Greek default, both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average recouped some of their losses and finished the week lower by about 1%. […]
Take a Tour- 05, 04, 2015
- Comments Off on Stocks fall on weak 1st quarter GDP report
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks fall on weak 1st quarter GDP report
People need to have the incentive that if they invest and succeed, they can make a fair profit. Otherwise, they’ll stop investing. – Steve Jobs The stock market fell victim to another case of acrophobia last week as a surprisingly weak first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report spooked investors and stocks tumbled from their […]
Take a Tour- 03, 30, 2015
- Comments Off on Stocks fall, S&P 500 flat for year on weak economic data
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks fall, S&P 500 flat for year on weak economic data
The fact that people will be full of greed, fear or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. – Warren Buffett The stock market reversed course last week and relinquished most of the gains from the previous week as economic data proved to be weaker than expected. With first quarter corporate earnings due to […]
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