Yesterday I received an email that read, “If you are looking for alternative sources of stable income with a demonstrated ability to make money in a rising rate environment….” For this reason, most get trashed before opening, but once in a while, I’ll click to see what’s out there. Today, I received one from a…
A Few Charts and a Few Thoughts at All-Time Highs
This morning, the S&P 500 is making its 31st all-time high this year. That’s one every 5.6 days, on average. The index is up 11.1% over the first 174 days of 2017, which is the strongest year-to-date performance through this time since 2013. The S&P 500 has been above the 200-day moving average for 304…
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Articles Facebook, in fact, is the biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind. By John Lanchester Everyone is exposed to the same fundamental information and emotional influences. By Howard Marks Stocks look cheap here. I’ve been holding all this cash, waiting for an opportunity. By Jesse Livermore There is no such thing as no…
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Articles Now, he is starting a hedge fund dedicated to wagering against the VIX. Investors, he says, have been pounding on his door to get in early, offering him $100 million for starters. By Landon Thomas Jr. But we do know one big thing – it’s that diversification works on many levels over time, even…
Today in Market History, The First Index Fund
42 years ago today, Vanguard’s First Index Investment Trust was born. Bogle’s goal was to launch with $150 million, but there was little appetite for “average returns” and it gathered just $11.5 million, missing its target by more than 90%. Not only did they fall short in terms of money raised, but the product itself…
Did Buffett Kill Value Investing?
From 1957-1969, Warren Buffett’s partnership returned 2800%, or 29.5% a year*. Over the same time, the S&P 500 rose 153%, or 7.4% a year. Warren Buffett has been crushing the market for seven decades, but his early success went largely unnoticed. His name didn’t appear anywhere noteworthy until Adam Smith’s Supermoney, which wasn’t written until 1972….
I’m Buying Gold
On Thursday, I’m buying gold. This is not a typo. In the past, I’ve been a pretty vocal critic of the barbarous relic, but I want to clear up a few things. I am not anti-gold, I have no view on its fundamentals or what it might do in the event that the economy does…
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Articles The city’s cost of living was by far the highest among 821 school districts in the state, but its average teacher pay ranked No. 528 By Heather Knight For funds that hold exotic assets like palladium however, quirks in the underlying market can often lead to more unpredictable patterns By Carolina Wilson and Luzi-Ann Javier…
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Articles Don’t ask big companies who sell annuities if you should own one. By Tony Isola From a surface-level standpoint, it looks like we’re either too selective, or complacent. Neither could be further from the truth. By Brent Beshore A virus that mutates and evolves means a vaccine that might work today won’t work tomorrow….
Only a Market of Stocks
It’s hard to believe that the S&P 500 has been within 5% of its all-time high for the last 284 trading days, going all the way back to June, 2016. It would surprise no one if that streak ended sooner, rather than later. On Friday, The S&P 500 closed 1.99% below its all-time high. The…
