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Strong momentum powers S&P 500 to record high

Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process. – Benjamin Graham Driven by continued strong momentum by the market’s best-performing stocks, all three of the major stock averages closed at record high levels last week. It was the eighth consecutive weekly gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and […]

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Strong technology earnings lift Nasdaq to all-time high

Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket…it’s part-ownership of a business. – Peter Lynch Strong earnings from several technology giants on Friday propelled the Nasdaq Composite Index to an all-time record high close and enabled the index to post a gain of over 2% for the day. The S&P […]

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Dow closes above 23,000 on strong quarterly earnings results

You need to have a passionate interest in why things are happening. That cast of mind, kept over long periods, gradually improves your ability to focus on reality. If you don’t have that cast of mind, you’re destined for failure even if you have a high I.Q. – Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway […]

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Stocks close modestly higher as bank earnings strong

In Wall Street, the only thing that’s hard to explain is next week. – Louis Rukeyser The major stock averages consolidated recent gains last week and closed only modestly higher, with the Nasdaq Composite Index recording yet another all-time high and the S&P 500 and the Dow setting intra-day highs. Led by the financials. third […]

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Stocks post strong gains as optimism over tax reform grows

As long as you enjoy investing, you’ll be willing to do the homework and stay in the game. That’s why I try to make the show entertaining, because if you aren’t interested, you’ll either miss the opportunity to make money in the market or not pay enough attention and end up losing your shirt. – […]

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S&P 500 closes at all-time high over optimism on tax reform

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy. – John Bogle Someone forgot to tell investors that the month of September has historically been one of the poorest months for the stock market. All of the talk that the market was long overdue for a correction fell on deaf ears as the Dow Jones Industrial […]

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S&P 500 closes flat as Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

You can become, to an enormous degree, the person you want to be. – Warren Buffett Although there was a plethora of newsworthy items and economic data last week, the major stock averages barely budged and ended the week at almost the same levels where they began. The S&P 500 Index rose only two points […]

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S&P 500 closes at all-time high of 2,500 on renewed optimism for tax reform

If you don’t study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at the cards. – Peter Lynch All three of the major stock averages rebounded strongly last week and closed at least 1.4% higher as several catalysts seemed to fuel the […]

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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma take wind out of stocks, close modestly lower

The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win. – Charlie Munger The month of September has historically been one of the worst performing months of the year and if last week’s market action is any indication, that trend could continue. All three of the […]

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Stocks overcome rising tensions with North Korea, rally to end week higher

In recent years, annual trading in stocks – necessarily creating, by reason of the transaction costs involved, negative value for traders – averaged some $33 trillion. But capital formation – that is, directing fresh investment capital to its highest and best uses, such as new businesses, new technology, medical breakthroughs and modern plant and equipment […]

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