Stock Market News: A Difficult Start to The Year and Our Seasonality and Index Composition

Preview of May 2022 Newsletter   Editor's Note “We depend on mis-priced businesses through a mechanism where we’re not responsible for the mispricing.” — Warren Buffett With even the mainstream media shouting that the 12.9% loss on the S&P 500 index through the first four months of … Read more about Stock Market News: A Difficult Start to The Year and Our Seasonality and Index Composition

Stock Market News: Equity Returns and Changes in the Fed Funds, Inflation and Interest Rates

Preview of April 2022 Newsletter     Editor's Note “We do feel the economy is very strong and well positioned to withstand tighter monetary policy.” — Jerome H. Powell   While the month closed on a down note, March was nicely positive for equity investors, even as gains on the … Read more about Stock Market News: Equity Returns and Changes in the Fed Funds, Inflation and Interest Rates

Stock Market News: A First Time Recommendation and a Look at Our Quarterly Earnings Scorecard

Preview of March 2022 Newsletter   The Prudent Speculator - Editor's Note “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” — Warren Buffett As we add the Russian Invasion of Ukraine to the long list of disconcerting headlines with which we have had … Read more about Stock Market News: A First Time Recommendation and a Look at Our Quarterly Earnings Scorecard

Stock Market News: Offering Our Semi-Annual Review of Sector & Industry Group Weightings as well as Value & Growth Sector Attribution

Preview of January 2022 Newsletter   Editor's Note “I am a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.” — Betty White Incredibly, 2021 began with a Democratic sweep of the two run-off elections for the Georgia Senate seats and a Mob Storms Capitol … Read more about Stock Market News: Offering Our Semi-Annual Review of Sector & Industry Group Weightings as well as Value & Growth Sector Attribution