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S&P 500 closes at record high, fueled by post-election optimism

The idea that a bell rings to signal when investors should get into or out of the market is simply not credible. After nearly 50 years in this business, I do not know of anybody who has done it successfully and consistently. – John Bogle After seeing its winning streak snapped in the prior week, […]

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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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S&P 500 Index edges higher ahead of Fed meeting

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. – Warren Buffett Increased uncertainty over the strength of the economy and the possibility of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve continued to weigh on stocks last week but the S&P 500 Index still […]

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Stocks drop over 2% on Fed rate hike fears

The broker said the stock was “poised to move.” Silly me, I thought he meant up. – Randy Thurman, CFP, CPA and noted author and one of the nation’s most trusted investment advisors In a week marked by few quarterly earnings reports and even fewer pieces of economic data, stocks plummeted more than 2% on […]

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Stocks close modestly higher as Fed rate hike fears fade

Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won’t grow any faster than the rate of inflation. – Suze Orman The major stock averages closed modestly higher last week as a weaker than expected jobs report probably took […]

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Stocks edge higher on earnings, manufacturing data

It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them. – Peter Lynch For the fourth consecutive week, the S&P 500 Index posted a gain and in the process set a new record closing high of 2,175 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

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S&P 500 hits an all-time high on earnings, economic data

To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks. – Benjamin Graham Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index hit all-time highs last week, making the lows reached four days after the Brexit vote seem like a distant memory. Since […]

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Global stock markets fall after Brexit, S&P 500 loses 1.6% for week

If you want to have better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently than the crowd. – Sir John Templeton Fears that voters in the United Kingdom would choose to exit the European Union became a reality last week and the shocking result caused global stock market averages to fall. What looked like […]

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