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S&P 500 Index edges higher on mixed economic data

Remember, I am neither a bear nor a bull, I am an agnostic opportunist. I want to make money short- and long-term. I want to find good situations and exploit them. – Jim Cramer In a holiday-shortened week, the stock market closed slightly higher as economic data provided mixed signals on the whether or not […]

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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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Stocks rally on dovish Federal Reserve comments

An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets. – Peter Lynch Dovish comments from the Federal Reserve last week led to a surge in stock prices as the S&P 500 Index rallied over 2% to close just below its previous all-time high. The most anticipated news event of the […]

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Stocks drop on rate hike fears, strong dollar, weak oil prices

I rarely think the market is right. I believe non-dividend stocks aren’t much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it. – Mark Cuban, American businessman, investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks The major stock averages posted modest losses last week as lower oil prices, […]

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Strong jobs report sinks stocks on rate hike fears

Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years. – Warren Buffett Good news for the economy proved to be bad news for the stock market on Friday as the stronger than expected jobs report caused stocks to plunge. All of the major stock averages closed […]

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Stocks mostly flat after Fed Chair Yellen’s testimony

People spend all this time trying to figure out “What time of the year should I make an investment? When should I invest?” And it’s such a waste of time. It’s so futile. – Peter Lynch The major stock averages were basically flat last week as Fed Chair Janet Yellen struck mostly a dovish tone […]

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Stocks close at record highs on Greece deal

I’m having a hard time finding things to buy, if that says anything about the market. If I find something tomorrow to buy, I don’t give a thought as to whether the market is going up or down. I just barrel in. – Warren Buffett An agreement between Greece and the Euro-zone finance ministers regarding […]

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Stocks surge on economic data, higher oil prices

The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage. – Warren Buffett In a sign that this promises to be a volatile year for […]

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Economic growth concerns send stocks tumbling

Don’t limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded. – Charles R. Schwab A weaker than expected fourth quarter GDP report and continued global economic growth concerns sent stocks tumbling last week as the S&P 500 Index lost almost 3%. After posting 5% GDP growth in the […]

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S&P 500 Index up 1.5% on ECB stimulus plan

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd. – Warren Buffett In a widely expected move that certainly lived up to all of the hype, the European Central Bank (ECB) delivered as promised its massive […]

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