Insider buying can be a major sign of confidence from those in the know, but it's not a perfect stock-picking system.
“stocks always go up over time” may not apply to your schedule, to your retirement life. Because when you’re in retirement, time is compressed. You don’t have the time you once did. You’re no longer drawing a paycheck, and in my conversations with you, you tell me how unnerving...
First of all, let me say that real estate is impacted by global events, but it’s still very local. All of the examples you gave Sarah would be red flags for me, and I wouldn’t invest in those areas. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t invest in real estate. Not every City in th...
What strikes me as odd about the current market in the US is that we seem to still be trading very heavily on overall macroeconomic news and not on what I think are very clear company by company and industry by industry performance differences that are developing. The heavy betting should be...
Bill Mann:No, not at all. Which means I haven't slept in years. David Gardner:Like this stock for me, what if it was a horrendously bad pick? Would you sleep even worse? Bill Mann:David, I know what you're getting at, but you know that that is actually part of the game. Wh...
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My hunch is that world stock markets may be in the process of changing their character in a meaningful way and that I don’t have the two months for leisurely thought that I thought I had, if I want to keep positioned in stocks with a good chance of outperforming. ...
OK. So to sum up, you're thinking about asset classes, which is stocks versus bonds, even if you're using mutual funds or ETFs 13:21 to get exposure to them. And then you're making sure you're diversified properly, so you're not putting all your eggs in one basket. So when you...
"Of options as an investment vehicle. But I'm wondering whether you personally have considered the possibility that implied volatility of asset classes is inherently mean reverting. Thanks." Again, I said investing level 102. Jim, what's the first thought that comes to your mind as you reflec...
What I realize from writing this post is that losing all your money may not be the worst thing when buying stocks on margin. Let me explain. Betting Big On Margin At The Top Here's a portion of what I wrote in the post, My friend makes roughly $70,000 a year as a preschool teach...