As you remember, September stunk big time. October, however, was wonderful. It was up by more than September was bad. Be careful when looking at these short-term swings. They really do not mean anything. The stock market has fluctuated a … Continue reading
September stunk big time. And, it has gone up 1500 points by October 4th. The market recently has declined this year quite a bit, which at a casual glance is very scary. However, we argue that it isn’t truly scary … Continue reading
July was a very good month. Everyone is up. Why does the stock market move? It doesn’t seem to be directly tied to the economy, because while the economy is lousy, sometimes the market goes up. At its core the … Continue reading
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
As 2021 comes to a close, we should look up on what happened this year and see if there are any lessons that we can take from it. Overall, the Dow went up roughly 5300 points in 2021 or about … Continue reading
People often talk about the Dow Jones when they talk about how the market is doing. The Dow, however, is not the market. It is an index. Not even a very good one but everyone uses the Dow number. There … Continue reading
The stock market in April was very good. The Dow went up about 900 points or 2.7%. In this newsletter we are going to be discussing confirmation bias. However much we wish to believe otherwise, human beings are not always … Continue reading
The stock market in February went up about 950 points or 3.17%. What is very interesting is that some people believed the market went down or was flat. That leads into the topic of this newsletter, which is the recency … Continue reading
The market went down about 620 points in January or about 2%. 2% is not a big deal. The market will likely recover from that quickly. Given that the group WallStreetBets caused a short squeeze of Gamestop and various other … 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