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Fed Chair Yellen fails to calm investors, stocks close lower

You shouldn’t own common stocks if a 50% decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress. – Warren Buffett Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index snapped a 5-day losing streak on Friday but it wasn’t enough for stocks to overcome posting modest losses […]

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Stocks fall on weak economic data, recession fears

Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away. – Jim Cramer The January employment report released on Friday could be viewed both positively and negatively but investors chose the latter, sending the S&P 500 Index lower by almost 2%. The government reported that 151,000 new jobs had […]

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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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S&P 500 closes lower, ends year in red as oil prices slide

Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well. – Warren Buffett In a fitting end to what could be described as a difficult and frustrating year for investors, the S&P 500 Index closed […]

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S&P 500 posts strong gains as oil prices move higher

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better person. – Benjamin Franklin In a relatively quiet, holiday-shortened week, Santa Claus made his appointed rounds on Christmas Eve and also paid a visit to Wall Street as stocks rebounded with strong gains. After […]

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Stocks relinquish gains after Fed rate hike

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more. – Dr. Seuss from How the Grinch Stole Christmas What looked like an auspicious start to the week for stocks ended in a sea of red ink as the market Stgave back its gains to close slightly lower in volatile […]

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Stocks tumble on falling oil prices & Fed rate hike fears

Money has never made man happy, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. – Benjamin Franklin In the aftermath of OPEC’s decision not to reduce oil production, the price of oil plunged last week to below $36 a barrel and […]

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