- 08, 31, 2020
- Comments Off on Dow erases losses for year as stocks continue their torrid rally
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Elections, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
Dow erases losses for year as stocks continue their torrid rally
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. – Warren Buffett The stock market continued its torrid rally last week as the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index reached new all-time highs and the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased its losses for the […]
Take a Tour- 08, 24, 2020
- Comments Off on S&P 500 closes at record high on strong economic data, earnings
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
S&P 500 closes at record high on strong economic data, earnings
It’s best to divide your money among three or four types of stock funds (growth, value, emerging growth, etc.) so you’ll always have some money invested in the most profitable sector of the market. – Peter Lynch After hitting an all-time high on February 19th and then plunging over 30% to an intraday low below […]
Take a Tour- 08, 17, 2020
- Comments Off on Stocks climb higher as S&P 500 within 1% of its all-time high
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
Stocks climb higher as S&P 500 within 1% of its all-time high
In the financial markets, hindsight is forever 20/20, but foresight is legally blind. And thus, for most investors, market timing is a practical and emotional impossibility. – Benjamin Graham The major stock averages continued to climb higher last week although the gains were much more modest than in the prior week. There really weren’t any […]
Take a Tour- 08, 10, 2020
- Comments Off on S&P 500, Nasdaq rise 2.5% on better than expected earnings, jobs data
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
S&P 500, Nasdaq rise 2.5% on better than expected earnings, jobs data
Don’t think that you know more than the market; no one does. And don’t act on insights that you think are your own but are usually shared by millions of others. – John Bogle The stock market continued its strong momentum last week as all three major averages were higher, propelled by better than expected […]
Take a Tour- 08, 03, 2020
- Comments Off on Nasdaq surges nearly 4% on strong technology earnings
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Elections, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
Nasdaq surges nearly 4% on strong technology earnings
The man who begins to speculate in stocks with the intention of making a fortune usually goes broke, whereas the man who trades with a view of getting good interest on his money sometimes gets rich. – Charles Henry Dow Strong quarterly earnings from the biggest technology companies last week and dovish comments from the […]
Take a Tour- 07, 27, 2020
- Comments Off on Technology stocks lead market lower on profit-taking
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Covid-19, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
Technology stocks lead market lower on profit-taking
While some might consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes the need to perform in-depth fundamental analysis, pursue long-term investment results, limit risk and resist crowd psychology. – Seth Klarman The bad news outweighed the good news last week and, as a result, all […]
Take a Tour- 07, 06, 2020
- Comments Off on Stocks rise on positive vaccine news & better than expected jobs data
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
Stocks rise on positive vaccine news & better than expected jobs data
Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at the height of ebullience and the depth of despair alike that this too shall pass. – John Bogle There has been a discernible trend in the stock market lately that a down week […]
Take a Tour- 06, 29, 2020
- Comments Off on S&P 500 falls nearly 3% as Covid-19 cases increase
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates
S&P 500 falls nearly 3% as Covid-19 cases increase
I don’t think there is anybody who devotes a life to studying and working on the stock market who doesn’t have something of a gambling instinct. – Burton Malkiel, professor emeritus of economics at Princeton University and author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street The stock market picked up last week where it had […]
Take a Tour- 06, 22, 2020
- Comments Off on Stocks gain on Fed policy announcement, strong retail sales
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, REITs
Stocks gain on Fed policy announcement, strong retail sales
The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists. – Benjamin Graham It was a tale of two markets this past week but when the closing […]
Take a Tour- 06, 15, 2020
- Comments Off on S&P 500 drops nearly 5% on spike in coronavirus cases, Fed outlook
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Economy, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates
S&P 500 drops nearly 5% on spike in coronavirus cases, Fed outlook
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. – Warren Buffett Concerns that the stock market had come too far, too fast and was significantly overbought were realized last week as the major stock averages posted their biggest weekly declines since March 20th. While it is difficult to point to […]
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