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Insights & Reports

February 25, 2025

Investment Insight: Decoding A.I. and Generating Investment Ideas

Investment Insight: Decoding A.I. and Generating Investment Idea Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) refers to systems or machines designed to simulate human intelligence, enabling tasks like learning,

2025 Visual Guide to the Markets

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January 10, 2025

Investment Insight: The 2025 Visual Guide to the Markets

Investment Insight: The 2025 Visual Guide to the Markets 2024 was a year for the history books. Donald Trump was re-elected after two assassination attempts.

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Insights & Reports

October 30, 2024

Investment Insight: Final Thoughts on the 2024 Election

With the 2024 Election rapidly approaching, we thought a brief update to remind friends of The Prudent Speculator to look far down the path would

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September 20, 2024

Investment Insight: Consider Real Estate in Your Allocation

John and Michael discuss the place of real estate in an asset allocation, explored market dynamics and highlighted potential Value-oriented opportunities. We recently hosted a

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July 19, 2024

Investment Insight: Understanding the CAPE Ratio (aka the Shiller P/E)

The CAPE ratio is a valuation measure that is calculated using a rolling ten-year average of the real earnings per share (EPS) and price for

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June 25, 2024

Investment Insight: Small Cap Stocks Should Be In Your Portfolio

With Small Cap stocks stuck in neutral this year from a performance standpoint, we thought it was worthwhile to refresh last year’s report on this

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June 10, 2024

Investment Insight: Cryptocurrency Investing

  “I think it is rat poison!” Not mincing any words on May 6, 2013, when asked what he thought about Bitcoin on Fox Business

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March 20, 2024

Investment Insight: Trendy Investing – The Magnificent 7 Stocks

We can’t remember a day recently that skipped some mention of the “Magnificent 7,” a nickname for the seven stocks in the S&P 500 index

2024 Visual Guide to the Markets

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January 19, 2024

Investment Insight: 2024 Visual Guide to the Markets

  Inflation, rising interest rates and economic worries were top of mind heading into 2023, causing many folks to remain on the market’s sidelines. The

Why Dividends

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June 15, 2023

Why Dividends: 12 Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

  John D. Rockefeller purportedly said, “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” We hope

CAPE Ratio

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May 8, 2023

Insight: The CAPE Ratio – The Prudent Speculator

  We originally published this Insight on Kovitz.com/Insights. Through Kovitz, we offer wealth management services and have collaborated with our clients on their investment decision-making