Russia’s military build-up in Belarus, Russia and Russian-controlled Crimea turned into an offensive against Ukraine early this morning. Financial markets have reacted negatively to these actions, indicating that investors had previously hoped diplomacy and compromise would deter this action. At the start of...
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I recently authored several posts regarding the very high level of investor optimism as measured by record flows into equity mutual funds, record stock buybacks by companies, and a record portfolio weighting in stocks for the average investor. (Both individual and institutional) Perhaps...
This week brought updates to two interesting statistics that help define contemporary stock market behavior. First, in order to divine the direction of the stock market, analysts spend a great deal of time evaluating variables such as the strength of the economy, the...
Warning-this paper is somewhat technical and may be tedious to non-financial types! But, the topic is very important because the key determinant of success for many investors is the return on the stock market inasmuch as equities represent the largest single component of...