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Q1 Profits: Soft, but Good Enough for Further Valuation Levitation

The media does a terrible job of covering profits.  Here are a few tips. First, forget about the percentage of companies beating consensus, which is always way above 50% because companies guide estimates to a number they can beat. (Some … Continue reading

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Stockman’s Scary Sundown – Five Lessons for Long-term Investors

If you want to know why, for most people, their house is a better investment than stocks, read David Stockman’s New York Times jeremiad “Sundown in America.”  It is alarming articles like this that convince investors to avoid buying stocks until … Continue reading

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