- 09, 16, 2013
- Comments Off on Stocks resilient as they climb a wall of worry
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks resilient as they climb a wall of worry
The investment business is, by definition, a business of hope. Everyone hopes that he can beat the market, even if few people actually can. – Avi Nachmany With news that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria would be possible and that military conflict would probably be avoided, a sense of calm returned to […]
Take a Tour- 09, 09, 2013
- Comments Off on Stocks close higher on favorable economic data
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, The Market
Stocks close higher on favorable economic data
I own last year’s top performing funds. Unfortunately, I bought them this year. – Anonymous Maybe the month of September isn’t so scary after all. Since 1950, the worst month of the year for stock performance has been September, with an average negative total return. Although we have a long way to go before the […]
Take a Tour- 09, 02, 2013
- Comments Off on Possible military conflict in Syria unnerves markets
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Fixed Income, The Market
Possible military conflict in Syria unnerves markets
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 As if investors did not have enough to worry about already, talk of a possible military strike against Syria unnerved the markets last week and promises to add to the […]
Take a Tour- 08, 26, 2013
- Comments Off on Federal Reserve uncertainty affecting stocks
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Federal Reserve, The Market
Federal Reserve uncertainty affecting stocks
No matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney. – Alfred E. Smith Will they or won’t they? That still seems to be the question on all investors’ minds after minutes of the Fed’s July 30-31 policy meeting were released last Wednesday. Sandwiched between mixed housing data on existing and new home sales for […]
Take a Tour- 08, 19, 2013
- Comments Off on Stronger economic data leads to taper talk
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Federal Reserve, The Market
Stronger economic data leads to taper talk
Basically, we were guessing on interest rates … what we’ve come to believe is that no one can guess interest rates. – Fred Henning, head of fixed-income investing at Fidelity Investments, LA Times, July 7, 1997. Here we go again. Just when you thought that investors could finally put Fed tapering to rest, it reared […]
Take a Tour- 08, 12, 2013
- Comments Off on Fed taper concerns weigh on market
- By William Lynch
- Economy, Federal Reserve, The Market
Fed taper concerns weigh on market
Something that everyone knows isn’t worth knowing. – Bernard Baruch Apparently investors did not care for the view from up high as both the Dow and S&P 500 descended from their record levels set last week. After rising six consecutive weeks, the Dow finally turned in a losing week as economic data was sparse and […]
Take a Tour- 08, 05, 2013
- Comments Off on Stocks strong on earnings and economic data
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Economy, Fixed Income, The Market
Stocks strong on earnings and economic data
Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the passive. – Warren Buffett After a week when the economic data could best be described as lackluster and the statement from the Federal Reserve was more of the same, the […]
Take a Tour- 07, 29, 2013
- Comments Off on Calm before the storm….
- By William Lynch
- The Market
Calm before the storm….
Bull market: An upward movement in prices causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. – Anonymous Last week could best be characterized as calm before the storm as the importance of last week’s economic data pales by comparison with what is scheduled for this week. Although there was the release […]
Take a Tour- 07, 22, 2013
- Comments Off on At the risk of sounding like a broken record…
- By William Lynch
- The Fed, The Market
At the risk of sounding like a broken record…
It has been a problem since the dawn of the retail brokerage business: Brokers have a strong incentive to get customers to trade when it might be in clients’ interests to do nothing. – Business Week, July 14, 1997 At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke […]
Take a Tour- 07, 15, 2013
- Comments Off on Federal Reserve rescues stocks
- By William Lynch
- Corporate Earnings, Federal Reserve, The Market
Federal Reserve rescues stocks
Investors attribute successes to their own brilliance, and they attribute failures to bad luck. If you keep doing that, at the end of the day you think you’re a genius. – Nicholas Barberis Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke rode to the rescue of the stock market last week with his announcement that the Fed would […]
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