April was a bad month. Inflation is kicking in big time. As a result, the federal reserve will likely be raising interest rates and already has somewhat. In the short term, the stock market is down. The long term prospects … Continue reading
The market in February was not good. It was not as bad as you would expect based on the news. Most of you essentially went sidewise. The news has been dominated recently with the situation between Russia and Ukraine. Some … Continue reading
In this newsletter we are going to talk about some of the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the stock market and what we can learn from the pandemic in terms of investment strategy. In the nearly 2 years … Continue reading
The stock market is up about 1,000 points for the month or 3.27%, 2,900 points for the quarter or 10.17%, and 2,200 points for the year or 7.25%. Both numbers are before dividends. Despite the wild fluctuations that we experienced … Continue reading
The market continued being sick with the coronavirus this month. The market continued its sharp downturn. Essentially, people are afraid that the economy will collapse. In some respects, stock prices are a forecast of what people believe the economy will … Continue reading
We had an exciting month. Big declines followed by big increases with another decline on the last day. Everyone lost about the same amount in February that they gained in January, more or less. I personally do not like exciting. … Continue reading
The Definition of a Business Cycle Over time an economy will grow and shrink. That growing and shrinking sequence will then repeat itself ad infinitum. That cycle is called the Business Cycle. There are four main stages of the Business Cycle, … Continue reading
Definition of Threats Threats are the ways that a company could theoretically be damaged in the future. What could happen in the future that hurts their profits and business? Let’s take a hypothetical restaurant (R). Possible Threats for R are … Continue reading
Definition of Opportunities Opportunities are the ways that a company can improve itself. How can they make themselves more profitable? Let’s take a hypothetical restaurant (R). Possible Opportunities for R (chances for improvement) are trying a new recipe, opening another … Continue reading
Definition Weaknesses are what a company does worse than their competition. It is what makes them different in the marketplace. Let’s take a hypothetical restaurant (R). Possible Weaknesses for R (disadvantages they have versus their competition) are worse food, more expensive … Continue reading