Fear Is Missing From This Bear Market
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
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
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…

Ackman to Fed: “Act decisively”
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…

The Three Levels of Conviction
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…