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Stocks close lower as China trade war tensions escalate

Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, not selling when they are full of hope, takes fortitude. – John Templeton What looked like solid gains for the major stock averages through Thursday last week turned into losses of at least 1% as President Trump took […]

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Stocks close lower in volatile week on trade war fears

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative. – Benjamin Graham In a wild week on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 Index plunge 3% on Monday, the stock market managed to claw its way back and end […]

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S&P 500 drops 3.1% as trade war with China escalates

Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner’s game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser’s game. – John Bogle After closing at record highs the previous week, fortunes turned for both the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index last week as both benchmarks suffered their worst performance […]

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S&P 500, Nasdaq at record highs on earnings, probable Fed rate cut

“Prices are too high” is far from synonymous with “The next move will be downward.” Things can be overpriced and stay that way for a long time…or become far more so. – Howard Marks Both the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index closed at record highs last week as a wide range of […]

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Positive start to earnings season fails to lift stocks

The man who begins to speculate in stocks with the intention of making a fortune usually goes broke, whereas the man who trades with a view of getting good interest on his money sometimes gets rich. – Charles Henry Dow Despite mostly positive quarterly earnings reports, particularly from the banks, and some favorable economic data […]

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Stocks close at record highs as Fed rate cut appears imminent

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings – assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe to the crusty notion that sooner or later earnings make or break an investment in equities. What the stock price does today, tomorrow or next week is only a distraction. – Peter Lynch […]

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Stocks post solid gains on U.S.- China trade truce, more talks

Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during a long bull market. – Ron Chernow, American writer and journalist Despite the fact that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not reach a […]

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Despite modest losses for the week, S&P 500 gains nearly 7% in June

Nobody buys a farm based on whether they think it’s going to rain next year. They buy it because they think it’s a good investment over 10 or 20 years. – Warren Buffett The major stock averages closed modestly lower last week as investors nervously awaited the outcome of the meeting between President Donald Trump […]

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S&P 500 hits record high as Fed hints at possible rate cuts

Value stocks are about as exciting as watching grass grow, but have you ever noticed just how much  your grass grows in a week?- Christopher Browne, was former manager of mutual fund company Tweedy Browne and legendary value investor The month of May seems like a distant memory now after the S&P 500 Index closed […]

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Stocks close lower as trade tensions with China continue

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 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the fifth consecutive week as the market continues to be held hostage by ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. […]

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