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And the winner is …

When I began my career in the 1980s mutual funds advertised good performance and their insightful portfolio managers. Some managers (Peter Lynch, for one) became celebrities. At that time “low cost” funds were those without...

Peter-lynch , David-vomund , Nasdaq , Traded-fund , Ares-capital ,

Market Pulse: 2023 review, 2024 preview

The S&P 500 was strong throughout 2023, finishing with a 24-percent gain. We celebrate the 2023 gains but are well aware that they simply make up for losses in 2022. The S&P 500 closed the...

David-vomund , Nasdaq , Middle-east , Wall-street , Incline-village-based-independent-investment ,

Record highs in 2024

In December I saw an article from Business Insider titled, “An ‘Extremely Rare’ Stock Market Signal With a 100% Accuracy Rate is Flashing and Points to Record Highs in 2024.” With a title like that...

Ryan-detrick , David-vomund , Business-insider , Extremely-rare-stock-market-signal-with , Accuracy-rate , Record-highs ,

Good bitcoin news

Long-time readers know that I don’t like crypto currencies. Never have. I am not a fan and don’t recommend (or own) volatile securities that are all “perceived value” and backed by nothing. Plus, it’s not...

David-vomund , Invesco , Blackrock , Proshares-bitcoin-strategy , Greater-fool ,

Market pulse: Second quarter review

While most analysts were focused on the banking crisis, the threat of a U.S. default, more interest rate hikes and other potential blow-ups, stocks rallied. And then they rallied some more. The S&P 500 jumped...

David-vomund , Wall-street ,

Market Pulse: My first (and last) debt ceiling article

Last week the debt ceiling was temporarily reached. America didn’t default, catastrophes didn’t occur. Once again, the worst-case outcome didn’t happen. Why? It was in virtually everyone’s interest not to default on our debt. Politicians didn’t and wouldn’t stand by...

Denmark , Japan , United-states , America , David-vomund ,

Market Pulse: Predictions gone wrong

At the start of every year market analysts often make their predictions for the year. Some of their forecasts seem to occur every year. While it is still early, those often-repeated predictions aren’t going well. Prediction 1. Stocks...

Ukraine , United-states , America , David-vomund , Microsoft , Nvidia , Volatility-index , Shares-eurozone , Shares-latin-america ,

Market Pulse: No more hikes?

No, I’m not talking about hiking in the Tahoe Basin. I’m talking about interest rate hikes. The Fed raised rates again despite the data showing the economy weakening and the health of the banking industry...

David-vomund , Jay-powell ,

Market Pulse: It's easy to beat expectations when they are so low

Amid widespread pessimism and weak economic data, and to the surprise of many hedge fund managers holding trillions in cash, the market has gained ground since October. The S&P is up 8% year-to-date and 16% since...

Jerome-powell , David-vomund ,

Market Pulse: Good news for savers, Part II

In my last article, Good News for Savers, I encouraged locking in today’s rising yields on bonds and preferreds. There is another security that savers are finding attractive: money-market funds. Savers can receive 4.4% in risk free government money...

David-vomund , Good-news , Wall-street ,