Paul Ziobro reports on FedEx’s strong quarterly performance in The Wall Street Journal, writing: Christmas came in July for FedEx Corp. FDX 0.14% The delivery company posted the highest quarterly revenue in its history as the coronavirus pandemic spurred residential-shipment levels normally seen during the holiday season. FedEx shipped 31% more packages a day through its Ground network during the summer months. […]
Investing
You Don’t Get To
You don’t get to choose a lot of things in life. In times like these, we’re always thinking of loved ones. We look at the world today and wonder what it will be like for them when we’re gone. How will our children survive, when being a productive citizen is frowned upon? Believe me, your […]
Market Concentration in FANG Stocks is Breaking Active Mutual Funds
At Bloomberg, John Authers explains how Apple and other FANG+ stocks are breaking the way active mutual fund managers work. He writes: The FANG phenomenon is adding to the torture for active investment managers, as the latest report into U.S. mutual funds’ holdings from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. illustrates. It is only possible to beat […]
How You Should Invest Today: Part I
Originally posted August 17, 2020. Charles Dow created the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in 1896. Originally the Dow had 12 companies: American Cotton Oil; American Sugar; American Tobacco; Chicago Gas; Distilling & Cattle Feeding; General Electric; Laclede Gas; National Lead; North American; Tennessee Coal and Iron; U.S. Leather; U.S. Rubber Not one of the original 12 DJIA stocks remain today as DJIA components. That […]
“E.J./Survival Guy what a RELIEF to be out of the City”
You’re telling me you want peace of mind and security for your family and that you’re sick and tired of the unrest in your city. You’re also telling me you beat inertia and packed your bags. Don’t despair over all the boxes. From a client: “E.J./Survival Guy,” We finally completed our move this last week […]
Yes, You’ve Met Ronald Read in Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report
You may be familiar with Ronald Read’s story. It’s a story worth telling over and over and over again to anyone you know. My father in law Dick Young wrote in May 2015: Hard to even comprehend, but this great story, courtesy the WSJ‘s Anna Prior, recounts how Ronald Read accumulated an estate valued at almost $8 million. […]
Monetary Heart Attacks Likely to Lead to S&P 500 Crash
My charts (the Fed’s EKG) on high powered money and M2 growth point clearly to undisciplined chaos at the Fed. Do you see any instance of such chaos in preceding decades? No! Indeed, payday will arrive. The table indicating my own program of gold buying gives you a look at one of a number of […]
Dump All Low Yielding US Treasuries Now
Today we have a situation where the Fed has forced individual investors with life-time savings to subsidize corporate buybacks, acquisitions, and Wall Street banking industry borrowing and speculating. It’s what I call de facto robbing and stealing. In reality, the Fed is nothing more than a private club to favor corporate and banking elites. When […]
Is COVID-19 Going to Kill the Dollar?
Caitlin Ostroff reports at The Wall Street Journal on traders favoring the euro over the dollar in light of differences in the response to COVID-19 in each currency’s area. She writes: The euro traded near a two-year high against the dollar on signs that Europe has largely slowed down coronavirus infections and taken steps toward […]
My 10 Point Investment Plan: Pretty Much the Same as Back in 1990
Back then I offered subscribers to my investment strategy report a ten-point investment guide for the long term. The basic plan is today, thirty years later, pretty much unchanged. Make capital preservation your number one target Make dividends the cornerstone of your core equity portfolio Never forget the power of compound interest Make equities, not […]
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