S&P 500 Introduction 2022 has been a bad year price-wise for the stock market as measured by the S&P 500. However, I contend that is not enough to simply know that the market is down, it is even more important to know why. Nevertheless, as you read this my guess would be that several thoughts …
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Part 3: DJIA Big Tech – Featuring Apple & Microsoft – FAST Graphs
DJIA Big Tech – Featuring Apple & Microsoft: Part 3 This is part 3 of my three-part series dissecting the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I am going refer to this as the big tech version because I will be focusing on and featuring Apple stock. In part 1 I covered the most fairly valued of …
Value Investing Is A Long-Term Strategy and Should Be Judged Accordingly
Introduction Almost by definition, value investing rarely performs well in the short run. This is especially true when you are in a strong bull market like we’ve been in since March 2009. Most companies as represented by the S&P 500 are currently trading at fundamental multiples that are significantly above historical norms. Below is a …
Long-term Microsoft Shareholders Your Money May Be in Jeopardy
Introduction Microsoft (MSFT) reported strong 4th quarter and fiscal year 2018 earnings. The company’s earnings per share beat the analyst estimates by $.05 and their revenue of $30.09 billion beat analyst estimates by $860 million. All in all, it was a great quarter and investors initially responded positively in after-hours trading. Clearly, there was an …