While the stock market’s recovery since March has been notable, the “combination of events in the last few months has been toxic for some of the crucial building blocks of…
Don’t Feel So Bad if You Missed Out on Tesla
If you missed the opportunity to invest in car manufacturer Tesla—and realize the 12, 551% rise in share price since the company’s 2010 IPO, then you’re in good company. This…
Lesson from China for Robinhood Traders in U.S.
A recent Bloomberg article highlights the recent and “remarkable shift in market composition” reporting that retail investors now account for a fifth of the U.S. stock market’s volume, twice the…
Value Investing Still Works and Here’s Why
Buying something for less than it’s worth is alive and well, writes Morgan Stanley’s Michael Mauboussin in a recent article for the Financial Times. “You might not know that by…
Eight Timeless Lessons All Investors Can Learn From Warren Buffett (Ep. 60)
No investor can match the combination of Warren Buffett’s annual returns and the period of time he has been able to sustain them. Buffett has generated those returns in a…
Interview: Making Sense of Fed Intervention, Fiscal Stimulus and MMT with Cullen Roche
The way economic policy is implemented has undergone some major changes in the past decade. The Federal Reserve’s response to the Great Financial Crisis, and the continued quantitative easing in…
Five Lessons from Our Most Downloaded Podcasts of 2020
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) When we started our podcast, Excess Returns, late last year, I was hoping we could create something that would be educational and informative for people…
With Fewer Choices, Chasing the Right Stocks to Buy is Critical
A recent article in Investor’s Business Dailyreports that fewer stocks available in the market “still means huge opportunities for investors willing to do the work to find the best stocks…
$100 Billion in Trades Triggered by Tesla’s S&P 500 Debut
Tesla’s addition to the S&P 500 on December 21st is expected to present a challenge because of its size—it will be the largest company ever to join the index ($555…
Market Drivers for 2021
A recent article in Proactive Advisor Magazine offers insights on the market outlook for 2021 from Tony Dwyer and his colleagues at Canaccord Genuity. Here are key takeaways from the…