At the end of his long life, Charlie Munger expressed doubts about the future of value investing: I think that the modern investors, to get ahead, almost has to get in a few stocks that are way above average. They…
Friday was an interesting day in which smaller stocks outperformed mega cap tech – the opposite of what’s happened so far this year. The Russell 2000 (IWM) was +2.92% while the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) was up only 0.29%. IWM broke…
Stocks ripped higher last week – with the S&P and NASDAQ each gaining about 6% – after the Fed meeting Wednesday as investors concluded that the Fed is done hiking rates for this cycle. You can see this in the…
The crowd is right during the trend but wrong at both ends – Humphrey Neill, The Art of Contrary Thinking Contrarian investing is widely misunderstood. Most of the time it pays to invest with the trend and the crowd. It’s…
In about three hours, the Fed will release its interest rate decision and statement followed by Powell’s press conference. While it’s almost a lock that the Fed will hold interest rates steady, it seems likely that the statement and Powell…
Last week was an important week as the market cap weighted S&P and NASDAQ both broke below their 200 DMAs. It was something I’d been expecting given the underlying internal weakness in the market for quite some time now (“The…
The market weight S&P 500 closed just below its 200 DMA Monday as we head into the heart of 3Q23 earnings season with Google (GOOG/GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook (META) and Amazon (AMZN) all reporting earnings this week. As Karen Langley…
Apple Zero is like the old Apple but without any growth – Eric Savitz, “Amazon Just Won Earnings Season. Apple Is Struggling” [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED], Barron’s, August 5 On Thursday afternoon, Apple (AAPL) reported a bad quarter while Amazon (AMZN) reported…
Dear Warren, Before I get into the reason for my letter, I want to convey my undivided respect for your investment acumen and career. Nobody can reasonably doubt that you are the greatest investor of all time. Some may say…
Apple (AAPL) is the greatest stock of all time but this year’s parabolic move may be its last hurrah. That’s because while the stock is up more than 50%, it has nothing do with the company’s fundamentals. The essential problem…