By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — It looks like the 2022 bear market might be with us longer than many of us had hoped. A study of history would have told us…
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The Case For "Doing Nothing" In Volatile Times
After its steep plummet at the beginning of the year, the stock market rally last month seemed like cold comfort, and it continues to wobble up and down without much…
Buffett Buys More Of His Best Stocks
Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett spent much of the last quarter loading up on some of his best-performing stocks, such as Occidental Petroleum, Activision Blizzard, and McKesson, reports and article…
Show Us Your Portfolio: Darius Dale
In our latest episode of Show Us Your Portfolio we speak with 42 Macro founder Darius Dale. We discuss his systematic macro process and how he applies it to managing…
Investors Drain $83 Billion Out Of Europe
Investors have drained $83 billion out of European stock funds over the last 6 months, with $3.4 billion of that in the week ending September 7th, according the EPFR Global…
Chinese Tech Giants Lose Their Backers
Many early backers of some of China’s most successful tech companies are starting to withdraw their support, according to an article in Forbes. In one high-profile example, the South African-based…
The Era of Low Volatility Is Over
Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole conference last month garnered a lot of attention, but perhaps more should be paid to Agustin Carstens’ speech instead, contends an article in…
More Stocks Take Part in Rally
The market recently saw a rebound, and a large number of stocks took part in the rally, a sign of its durability, reports an article in The Wall Street Journal.…
The Essential Role of Expectations in Investing
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — To make money in the markets, one needs to be an independent thinker who bets against the consensus and is right. – Ray Dalio I am a…
How To Read The Labels Wall Street Uses To Rate Stocks
Analysts use labels such as Buy, Strong Buy, Sell, Underperform, Hold, and Neutral to rate stocks, but investors really only need to see Buy or Don’t Buy, contends an article…