Stocks plunge on fears of new Covid-19 variant

The most common cause of low prices is pessimism – sometimes pervasive, sometimes specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It’s optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer. – Warren Buffett The […]

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11, 22, 2021
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Fed, The Market

S&P 500 posts gain on strong retail earnings, retail sales data

Bubbles are brutal…they force us to decide to either look like an idiot before the crash, or look like an idiot after it. – John Hussman, American economist and hedge fund manager The S&P 500 Index resumed its upward climb last week with modest gains and closed at an all-time high as retail sales data […]

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11, 15, 2021
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By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates

Stock market’s winning streak ends as inflation surges

I can’t recall ever once having seen the name of a market timer on Forbes’ annual list of the richest people in the world. If it were truly possible to predict corrections, you’d think somebody would have made billions by doing it. – Peter Lynch All good things eventually come to an end and last […]

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11, 08, 2021
Comments Off on Strong earnings and jobs data lift major stock averages to record highs

By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates

Strong earnings and jobs data lift major stock averages to record highs

The one reality that you can never change is that a higher-priced asset will produce a lower return than a lower-priced asset. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. You can enjoy it now, or you can enjoy it steadily in the distant future, but not both – and the price we pay […]

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11, 01, 2021
Comments Off on Major stock averages all at record highs as earnings impress

By William Lynch

Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates

Major stock averages all at record highs as earnings impress

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 For […]

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Monthly Archives: November 2021

Stocks plunge on fears of new Covid-19 variant

S&P 500 posts gain on strong retail earnings, retail sales data

Stock market’s winning streak ends as inflation surges

Strong earnings and jobs data lift major stock averages to record highs

Major stock averages all at record highs as earnings impress

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