- 01, 24, 2022
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- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
The idea that a bell rings to signal when investors should get into and out of the market is simply not credible. After nearly 50 years in this business, I do not know of anybody who has done it successfully and consistently. I don’t even know anybody who knows anybody who has done it successfully […]
Take a Tour- 01, 18, 2022
- Comments Off on Stocks close lower on Fed interest rate hike fears
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
Stocks close lower on Fed interest rate hike fears
There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate – when he can’t afford it and when he can. – Mark Twain For the second straight week to start the new year, stocks closed lower as fears mounted that the Federal Reserve will begin to fight inflation aggressively with interest rate […]
Take a Tour- 01, 10, 2022
- Comments Off on Stocks fall as the Fed prepares to tighten monetary policy
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks fall as the Fed prepares to tighten monetary policy
Every day, self-proclaimed stock market “experts” tell us why the market just went up or down, as if they really knew. So where were they yesterday? – Anonymous The major stock averages all closed lower last week after the Federal Reserve released minutes from its December meeting that showed that Fed officials were ready to […]
Take a Tour- 01, 03, 2022
- Comments Off on S&P 500 posts gains as Santa Claus doesn’t disappoint
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
S&P 500 posts gains as Santa Claus doesn’t disappoint
The mistake we make as investors is when the market’s going up, we think it’s going to go up forever. When the market goes down, we think it’s going to go down forever. Neither of those things actually happen. It doesn’t do anything forever. It’s by the moment. – John Bogle Santa Claus didn’t disappoint […]
Take a Tour- 12, 27, 2021
- Comments Off on S&P 500 Index closes at record high as Omicron fears subside
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, The Fed, The Market
S&P 500 Index closes at record high as Omicron fears subside
Over the last few decades, investors’ timeframes have shrunk. They’ve become obsessed with quarterly returns. In fact, technology now enables them to become distracted by returns on a daily basis, and even minute-by-minute. Thus one way to gain an advantage is by ignoring the ‘noise’ created by the manic swings of others and focusing on […]
Take a Tour- 12, 20, 2021
- Comments Off on Stocks tumble on Omicron fears, shift in Fed policy
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, REITs, The Fed, The Market
Stocks tumble on Omicron fears, shift in Fed policy
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. – Warren Buffett The worrisome spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the prospect of tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve were too much for the stock market to overcome last week as the S&P […]
Take a Tour- 12, 13, 2021
- Comments Off on S&P 500 closes at all-time high despite hotter than expected CPI
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, The Fed, The Market
S&P 500 closes at all-time high despite hotter than expected CPI
In a rising market, everyone makes money and a value philosophy is unnecessary. But because there is no certain way to predict what the market will do, one must follow a value philosophy at all times. – Seth Klarman, American hedge fund manager Stocks rebounded strongly last week as concerns about the spread of the […]
Take a Tour- 12, 06, 2021
- Comments Off on Omicron variant and Fed comments spook markets, stocks fall
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, The Market
Omicron variant and Fed comments spook markets, stocks fall
The stock market goes up or down and you can’t adjust your portfolio based on the whims of the market, so you have to have a strategy in a position and stay true to that strategy and not pay attention to noise that could surround any particular investment. – John Paulson The weakness in stocks […]
Take a Tour- 11, 29, 2021
- Comments Off on Stocks plunge on fears of new Covid-19 variant
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Oil Prices, The Market
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 […]
Take a Tour- 11, 22, 2021
- Comments Off on S&P 500 posts gain on strong retail earnings, retail sales data
- 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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