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Category Archives: Corporate Earnings

Stocks rally after Bank of Japan cuts interest rates

While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor – patience, discipline and risk-aversion – may well be genetically determined. – Seth Klarman, American billionaire who founded one of the world’s largest hedge funds After languishing in the red for most of the week, the […]

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Stocks close higher as oil prices rebound

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with the 130 IQ. – Warren Buffett If you like the thrill, excitement and terrifying ups and downs of a roller coaster ride, then the action in the stock market last week […]

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S&P 500 closes lower on global growth fears, falling oil prices

I have found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future, you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading. Now is the time to buy. – Peter Lynch In another volatile week for stocks, the S&P 500 Index closed lower again and officially entered […]

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S&P 500 tumbles 6% on China growth fears, volatility

No one’s ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that’s abandoned by February. – Suze Orman There is an old saying that as January goes, so goes the year and if last week is any indication, 2016 could be another difficult year for the stock market. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the […]

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Mixed economic data leaves S&P 500 flat

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless. – Warren Buffett In a holiday-shortened week characterized by light trading and an absence of any significant market-moving economic data, the S&P 500 Index closed basically flat and has risen less than 1% for the month of November. For the most part, the economic […]

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Stocks rebound on FOMC minutes, strong retail earnings

Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. – Seth Klarman, American billionaire who founded one of the world’s largest hedge funds The major stock averages rebounded strongly last week to recover most of what they had lost the previous week as investors embraced an all but certain […]

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Stocks tumble on weak retail sales data, earnings

  The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes in the financial mechanisms and climate. – Benjamin Graham All good things must come to an end. That was never more evident than last week as Wall Street’s winning streak […]

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Stocks close higher on strong jobs data, possible rate hike

If you’re prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won’t get bored. – Peter Lynch Wall Street’s winning streak reached six straight weeks as the major stock averages all posted gains […]

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S&P 500 posts gain on earnings, FOMC meeting

Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. – Warren Buffett The stock market closed modestly higher last week and the S&P 500 Index finished the month of October with a gain of 8% for the best monthly gain in four years, making the correction in August and […]

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Global central bank policies propel stocks higher

In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine. – Benjamin Graham The S&P 500 Index extended its winning streak to four straight weeks as third quarter corporate earnings reports continued to surprise to the upside and global central banks remained accommodative with easy […]

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