By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Growth stocks have been trouncing value stocks for a long time now. The chart below illustrates just how massive that outperformance has been. The Russell…
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The Dangers of the Obvious
By Jack Forehand, CFA Let’s pretend we could turn back time to January 1st of this year. What if I gave you the following series of facts and asked you…
Making Sense of the Disconnect Between the Stock Market and the Economy
We are currently in one of the most difficult economic environments many of us will see if our lifetimes. Even though the unemployment rate has fallen from its high of…
What Peter Lynch, the Granddaddy of Stock Picking, Might Say To 3 Million New Robinhood Investors
Over 3 million new accounts were opened at Robinhood in the first quarter of this year – a resurgence in individual stock picking in the heart of the COVID-19 shutdown…
When Fundamentals Don’t Matter
By Jack Forehand (@PracticalQuant) Valuing companies can be a challenging process. While it is commonly accepted that the value of a company is the present value of its future cash…
Eight Timeless Buffett Contributions That Go Beyond Returns & Bind Shareholders
In last week’s article, I discussed Warren Buffett’s recent and long-term track record and how Berkshire shareholders have remained committed to him even though he has trailed the market in…
The Danger of Learning From Your Mistakes
By Jack Forehand, CFA One of the major changes I have made in my life in the past few years is that I have significantly increased my focus on learning. In…
The Case For Value Stocks
By Jack Forehand, CFA One of the biggest lessons I have learned in my investing career is the importance of being able to argue the other side of something I…
Seven Mind-Blowing Charts from the COVID-19 Crisis That Deserve Your Attention
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The pictures and charts outlined below may actually be worth much more: 30 million unemployed.$7 trillion on…
Eight Financial Strategies to Consider During the COVID-19 Shutdown of 2020
By Justin J. Carbonneau The recent declines in the market along with the overall shutdown of the economy may have many investors feeling a little hopeless and paralyzed—all completely normal…