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The stock market is beginning to resemble the bargain basement at
Filene’s (a Boston icon well known to bargain hunters). Filene’s
Basement is famous for its Dutch auction method of...
Columbus may have been the world’s greatest entrepreneur: He set out not
knowing where he was going, didn’t know where he was when he got there...
Despite strong earnings reports, an
improving economy and low inflation, the lack of resolute buying is
indicative of some doubt concerning the market’s direction and...
As the good news on the economy continues to roll in, investors are
still scratching their heads over stock market performance. The market
continues to go sideways despite the positive economic outlook.
However, that’s just...
General Motors and Ford, two icons of American industry, got a wake-up
call last week when their debt was downgraded to “junk” status by
Standard and Poor’s®. Both companies have seen sales hurt as consumers
have shunned their...
Mark Twain once said that rumors of his death had been greatly
exaggerated. The same could be said of the dot.com world, despite the
calamitous collapse of that economy. Last week I heard an “old economy”
stock analyst chortle, “give me bricks not clicks.” But I suspect he...
Investors find the idea of collecting a rent check from property that is
increasing in value a compelling reason to add this asset class to their
retirement income...
Twain was on the right track. Some market followers believe there is a
“January Effect” leading to greater stock price increases in January
than in other months. In fact, there are a number of calendar effect
theories that are closely followed by...
Job outsourcing is not a new problem for any economy—history is replete
with examples. In the 1830s, England became so proficient at milling
cloth that India cried “foul” as jobs in the textile mills fled India
for England. Lately, we’ve been hearing...
After this past week I feel like I have just enjoyed a great meal
followed by two helpings of rich dessert…with no guilty feeling. A
stock market with four up days in a row...
As stocks are bouncing along their bottoms for the year, we are left to
conclude that buyers must be on vacation. The lethargic stock market
performance certainly cannot be attributed to a problem with economic
fundamentals. The economy is showing...
It is a call I will never forget… a stockbroker friend of mine in Denver
called me in Oregon where I was fishing to tell me the markets were
beginning to move. It was around the middle of August 1982. On August
12, 1982 to be exact, the greatest...
Over the past several months, we have talked to many of our clients
about their accounts. There’s one message we continually hear: “I am
tired of low interest rates on my money!” As we searched diligently for
an investment that would have ...
Those who study stock markets and what makes a market move, have a
variety of theories attempting to explain the volatility that surrounds
market movements. Robert Shiller’s book...
It’s no secret today’s stock market is propelled “up and to the right”
by earnings expectations. These expectations, widely broadcast by the
financial press, generally come from two sources—the “official consensus
estimate” and so-called...
There was a time when a technology boom swept across the land.
Entrepreneurs touted a new, improved life for everyone. The stock
market marched up and up, with no limit in...
The Beardstown Ladies made 'investment clubs' a household term a few
years ago when they published their first book, “Beardstown Ladies’
Common-Sense Investment Guide”. While their four books probably made
them more money than their investments, their real legacy...
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