While it’s pretty consistent advice to not time the market, an opinion piece in Bloomberg suggests that investors attempt to time the market at least once, not by buying in…
Siegel: We’re Already In A Mild Recession
In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business Jeremy Siegel said that we are already in a mild recession,…
The Average Investor's Guide to the Current Bear Market
It would be an understatement to say there has been a lot going on in the market this year. Rising inflation has changed the game for economic policy makers and…
Fear Is Missing From This Bear Market
The CBOE Volatility Index—known as the “fear gauge” that measures investor sentiment—has been surprisingly below levels of past bear markets, reports an article in Bloomberg. According to strategists, that’s because…
Consumer-Staples Are A Bright Spot
While everything else falls, consumer-staples stocks are climbing past the wider market this year, reports an article in The Wall Street Journal. Molson Coors, Hershey, and Campbell Soup have all…
Look For Crumbling Castles Along With Moats
Warren Buffett often used the metaphors of castles and moats when talking about investing, pointing to strong companies (the “castle”) that build “unbreachable moats” by generating high profits and maintaining…
Facebook & Netflix Are Value Stocks Now
The FTSE Russell indexes will reshuffle its benchmarks, with Meta, Netflix and PayPal moving into the Russell 1000 Value Index as their weights lighten up in the Russell 1000 Growth…
Ackman to Fed: “Act decisively”
Bill Ackman, the billionaire founder of Pershing Square, repeated his call to the Fed to take aggressive action to combat inflation via Twitter, reports an article in Yahoo! Finance. His…
Stocks Don’t Bottom Out Until Fed Eases Up
In many instances in the past, the stock market didn’t bottom out until the Fed began easing up monetary policies, contends an article in The Wall Street Journal—specifically, 11 out…
The Three Levels of Conviction
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — There are some areas of life where you can never have all the answers – no matter how much you know, how smart you are, or…