…their 2017 levels. With tax day behind us, I thought it might be interesting to see what the law might be like if it expired and the laws reverted, except…
…eyeball look at the chart shows that real compensation climbed steadily until the 1970s, when it leveled off but kept growing. There was a surge in the late 1990s and…
…heights in the face of significant risks. I’ve always found the Icarus angle only somewhat interesting but have always been more fascinated by the ‘complex trading’ or ‘sophisticated models’ that…
…pretty noisy. For comparison’s sake, I did the same thing for the S&P 500, but you see a lot more volatility with stocks, which shouldn’t be much of a surprise…
…follow commodity markets closely, but I do hear commentators on the radio debating whether it will bounce back sharply or stay in the doldrums in the coming years. I don’t…
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…right now, almost nine percent in the first quarter for S&P 500 companies. Over the last 20 years, the profit margin for these 500 companies has been closer to seven…
…investor! Glancing at the holdings, I recognized some of the companies, but most of them are mid cap companies. There were a few large cap stocks, but among the 80…
…compute the market value of the company based on the high and low prices assuming a constant share amount (the share count changes all the time, but not enough to…
…valuations are coming down. In the old days, venture capital firms would fund start-ups and when they got big enough, the companies would go public through an Initial Public Offering…
