Bargain Hunting After The Growth Spurt
Growth versus value is a rivalry as old as the stock market itself; is it better to buy stocks from companies with a dizzying potential for profit growth, or invest…
Where Wall Street’s Next Blowup Might Happen
Finance has endured through this latest stretch of turmoil, leading many to believe that those who usually get swept away by volatility—risk-takers with borrowed money—were already out of the game…
Five Things to Keep in Mind During Bear Markets
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — “People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences. Calamitous drops do not scare them out of the game.” —…
Fayez Sarofim, Billionaire Investor & Art Collector, Dies At 93
Billionaire investor Fayez Sarofim, who founded Fayez Sarofim & Co. in Houston in 1958, has died at the age of 93, reports an obituary in Barron’s. Sarofim immigrated from Egypt,…
3 Lessons From Buffett
In this unprecedented environment of raging inflation, war in Europe, and the ongoing pandemic, there are 3 main lessons to be learned about value investing, index funds, and inflation from…
Beware A Bear Market That’s More Than A Cub
2022 has seen the worst start to a year for the U.S. stock market in 50 years, but investors seem more nonchalant than in past near-bear markets, writes Nir Kaissar…
Behavioral Bias Lessons
The volatility in the pandemic-era equity markets have given a rare glimpse into specific behavioral biases that usually aren’t as apparent during “normal” times, contends an opinion piece in CFAInstitute…
The End to the FAANG Era?
With the tech-weighted Nasdaq down over 25%, many of the high-flying tech names from the last decade have watched their stock plunge this year, reports an article in Fortune, including…