Coronavirus & Earnings Season
…actual results compare to these estimates will have a huge impact on market prices in the coming weeks. We often say that markets ‘price in’ certain information, like earnings. So,…
…actual results compare to these estimates will have a huge impact on market prices in the coming weeks. We often say that markets ‘price in’ certain information, like earnings. So,…
…as opposed to it as I used to be, I just don’t think it’s great protection. Commodities I’ve written several times before that we dodged a real bullet with commodities….
…of a company is unchanged. As Warren Buffet pointed out in his 1999 annual report, a company should only buy back stock when it has plenty of cash on hand…
…For the ease of calculating returns I compared the performance of two portfolios, (one short and one long), starting on July 31, 2012 through August 31, 2014 – a 25…
…I believe that the value effect will come back into favor. At some point, people won’t be willing to pay any price for growth and will seek out companies that…
In 1981, IBM unveiled their first personal computer and in response, Apple, who had created their first personal computer in 1977 and mass produced a second version the next year,…
…forecast its intrinsic value. This investor then compares their estimate of the intrinsic value compared to the market price and if the market price is cheap compared to their estimate,…
…that economic growth, investors thought that inflation could come back too. Keep in mind that when bond prices fall, yields rise (and vice versa). After the election, the bond market…
…a drawdown of more than 10 percent? Back in the early 2010s, US companies were buying foreign companies to lower their taxes in a process known as an ‘inversion.’ A…
…be required). The study by BrightScope, a financial information company, reviewed 35,000 Federal Form 5500s that 401k plans are required to file each year with the Department of Labor, from…