Strong earnings, trade optimism lift S&P 500 close to its all-time high

What seems too high and risky to the majority generally goes higher and what seems low and cheap generally goes lower. – William O’Neil, American entrepreneur, stock broker and writer The S&P 500 Index closed higher for the third consecutive week and came within three points of its record high close set back on July […]

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10, 21, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Trade War

S&P 500 closes modestly higher on strong bank quarterly earnings

Based on my own personal experience – both as an investor in recent years and an expert witness in years past – rarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise. – Martin Whitman, American investment advisor and founder of Third Avenue Management The major stock averages closed mixed last […]

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10, 15, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, Municipal Bonds, Trade War

S&P 500 closes modestly higher on partial U.S.-China trade deal

Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble…to give way to hope, fear and greed. – Benjamin Graham Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China resumed last week and when the talks […]

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10, 07, 2019
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, REITs, Trade War

S&P 500 closes modestly lower in volatile week of trading

October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. – Mark Twain The month of October has historically been one of the most volatile months of the year and this past week lived up to this […]

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Monthly Archives: October 2019

Strong earnings, trade optimism lift S&P 500 close to its all-time high

S&P 500 closes modestly higher on strong bank quarterly earnings

S&P 500 closes modestly higher on partial U.S.-China trade deal

S&P 500 closes modestly lower in volatile week of trading

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