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What’s In A Share Price?

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Not much at face value. Is Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) cheap or expensive at $112,860 per share? What about Sprint at $2.82 (S) per share. Novice investors often confuse low or high prices for cheap or expensive and there is a HUGE difference between the two. Examples: A) You have one pizza pie and slice it… read more

Sports and Investments

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Michael Lewis, is best known as the author of “The Blind Side”, and “Moneyball”; very popular books that have been turned into movies, but Lewis isn’t a screen writer, he was educated at Princeton in economics and started his career at the investment bank Salomon Brothers. What’s the connection? While Hollywood focuses on the feel-good… read more

There is no Value vs. Growth Debate

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Its unfortunate, but large financial institutions love to sell products by putting them into different categories so as to differentiate them. Most investment funds are put into three main categories; Value, Growth, and GARP. Value is often defined as securities that trade at low prices relative to their sales, earnings, or cash flow. Growth often… read more

Sensationalism In The Media

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CNBC, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily,Yahoo Finance, CNN, Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine….it goes on and on and on…, and all of these media outlets are vying for your eyeballs. They do this by publishing attention-grabbing headlines. In my opinion, this has led to greater volatility in the markets. Two things happen… read more

Market Timing……It Rarely Works

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Can you time the market? Maybe, but I don’t know anyone who has done it consistently. No one on the Forbes 400 (richest 400 Americans) is known for practicing market timing. Yes, people do make well timed investments, but those are usually based on long-term trends and because the price is attractive or just due… read more