August 8, 2008
Exxon reported nearly $12 billion in profits for the previous quarter recently. $12 billion! More net profits in one quarter, than ever recorded in the history of mankind. And what did the stock do? It went down. Numbers like $12 billion generate emotional responses: anger, jealousy, envy, and even pride. The media does a good [...]
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August 7, 2008
Nearly 20 years ago, when I worked in Chicago, I became friends with a gentleman named Joe Lopresti. Today, Joe is the President of Arlington Capital Management. We’ve remained in touch and share our thoughts and outlooks on the market periodically. Joe recently put together some extremely compelling — and well written article why investors [...]
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Why did my stock go down?
November 15, 2008Don’t worry about “why” your investment is falling. Focus on “what” instead. What is happening now. Don’t worry about “WHY”…everyone is doing that. Gyrating stock prices are getting swung around by deceptive news headlines, faulty stories — all designed to play on your emotions. Do we really NEED to know “why?” If a chart is [...]