The most recent economic meltdown has many of us questioning the overall
wisdom of stock and bond market investments.
Which brings us back to Siebel Systems, which, as employee Heather Beach attests, would appear to be a surefire advertisement for
the wisdom of stock options.
Not exact matches
While the idea
of having no
stock in the store is not a new concept for furniture retailers, Bonobos is one
of the first clothing retailers to see the
wisdom in it.
In fact, decades down the road from that first
stock, he's surprised more people don't recognize the
wisdom in investing early and often, rather than trying to time the market and take advantage
of fluctuations.
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Conventional
wisdom goes that prior to market tops, the major averages become more reliant on just a handful
of stocks to lead the rally.
The prevailing personal finance
wisdom of today says that this allocation to public equities is thought to offer sufficient diversification across geographies, industries and firm - specific risks, while bonds are generally believed to further mitigate risk through an inverse correlation with
stocks.
Conventional
wisdom says that when you're younger and further from needing to live off your investments, you can afford to have a high percentage
of your investments in the
stock market.
If we consider the common
wisdom of value investors — low P / E ratio
stocks have historically earned better returns — at their current market price E * Trade and IB seem to be a better buy, but certainly, cheaper ones compared to TD or Schwab.
When he started Vanguard, it was just another traditional, actively - managed money firm — and that part
of the business still exists — but Bogle had long questioned the
wisdom of picking
stocks.
The words
of wisdom are timeless and are especially appropriate at the start
of a new year as investors grapple with the difficult juncture at which
stock markets find themselves at this stage.
But low mortgage rates such as we saw in 2009 and 2010 — coupled with the
stock market buying opportunity
of a lifetime — turned conventional
wisdom on its head.
Perhaps it's Talmudic
wisdom but, selling
stocks before the eight - day span
of the high holidays has avoided many declines, especially during uncertain times.
Alaska's abundant fish
stocks and diverse wildlife are a testament to the
wisdom of these stringent management guidelines.
From the start, Gigerenzer was confident in the
wisdom of ignorance, choosing to invest in the Munich shoppers» list
of German
stocks.
Wisdom Capital is a subsidiary
of Ashlar Group
of companies with focus on retail discount
stock broking.
In 1969, Roy developed a computerized model
of stock selection based on formulas created by Benjamin Graham, and since 2003, he's been spreading his
wisdom far and wide as chief analyst
of the Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Investor.
Conventional
wisdom suggests the percentage
of equities in a portfolio should equal 100 minus your age — so 40 %
stocks if you're 60 years old.
The incredible think is not that there are now more and more people becoming skeptical
of the conventional investing «
wisdom» but that The
Stock Selling Industry got away with this one for so long.
Graham's last bit
of wisdom in The Intelligent Investor points to this — investing makes you an owner (
stocks) or a claimant (bonds)
of a business.
In Alan Greenspan's «The Age
of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World», he mentioned the «Reminiscences
of a
Stock Operator» as a «font
of investing
wisdom».
Security Analysis: The Classic 1951 Edition features a far more contemporary focus on the
wisdom and legitimacy
of common
stocks for individual investors.
An aggregate
of time proven
stock investing
wisdom, in the palm
of your hand.
The Book
of Investing
Wisdom: Classic Writings by Great
Stock - Pickers and Legends
of Wall Street (Book
of Business
Wisdom)
If you've been reading this blog much, you know I'm skeptical
of the conventional
wisdom that a secure retirement requires investing the lion's share
of one's net worth in
stocks.
Each rule has been written after these four years
of trading dividend
stocks, reading through many financial research publications and listening to top investors and portfolio managers»
wisdom.
«There are a number
of different approaches that demonstrate why the conventional
wisdom about
stocks is wrong.
Such
wisdom is true whether you heard
of the
stock market for the first time yesterday or you have been dealing
stocks on Wall Street for 40 years.
Prevailing
wisdom might tell you that the
stock market correction
of 10 % - plus is close to being over.
Back when I was a more active investor trading individual
stocks on a more routine basis, I used to question the
wisdom of professional fund managers owning -LSB-...]
De Bondt and Thaler's findings stand the conventional
wisdom on its head and show compelling evidence for mean reversion in
stocks in a variety
of forms.
Conventional
wisdom states that in the final year
of a bull market, slow - growth large cap
stocks should outperform and high - flying «pigs» should start to turn down.
In this post from the Financial
Wisdom Forum, an interesting discussion about the pros and cons
of individual
stock ownership vs. using ETFs.
Back when I was a more active investor trading individual
stocks on a more routine basis, I used to question the
wisdom of professional fund managers owning hundreds
of stocks and trying to «beat the market» when virtual market correlation occurs with like 25 holdings or more.
I currently have exposure to foreign
stocks via VTIAX but I'm questioning the added complexity it brings versus the
wisdom and simplicity
of using only VTSAX for
stock exposure.
Editorially, Kiplinger's magazine has championed over the decades a number
of personal finance strategies and investment products that later became popular «conventional
wisdom»: the superiority
of systematic investing (dollar cost averaging) over market timing; growth
stocks that paid little or no dividends but invested in new technologies; mutual funds, especially no - load funds;
stock index funds; term life insurance, rather than whole - life; and global investing.
Anyways, Walter Schloss» developed his investment
wisdom through his closeness to Graham and Buffett and decades
of practicing what really worked in the
stock market.
After all, conventional
wisdom dictates that, if you own a mix
of stocks and fixed - income securities, the latter are best held in a registered account to shelter the interest from tax while the
stocks receive the dividend tax credit when held outside.
Each
stock is personally selected by Cabot's President and most Senior Analyst Timothy Lutts, and guided by the collective
wisdom of all the Cabot expert analysts.
This take is opposite to the conventional
wisdom because the conventional
wisdom is rooted in the Buy - and - Hold Model
of understanding how
stock investing works.
Invest like a Boglehead, and let their grassroots investment
wisdom guide you down the path
of long - term wealth creation and happiness, without all the worries and fuss
of stock pickers and day traders.
Thank you for the reinforcement
of your reading list that I am presently in the 3 rd book «As A Man Thinketh» As the authors in the
Wisdom -
of - Intelligent - Investors have stated my
stock selection will turn around as I become a conservative investor.
Wisdom Capital is a subsidiary
of Ashlar Group
of companies with a focus on retail discount
stock broking.
Chuck Carnevale is one
of my favourite sources
of market
wisdom as well as
stock ideas.
He relies on market timing and the
wisdom of Cabot's 38 years
of picking growth
stocks to keep subscribers on the right side
of the market and in the best
stocks.
If you put
stock in the
wisdom of locals and are a sucker for a good story, you've come to the right place.
Leave it to James Howard Kunstler to remind us
of how bad things can still get... With all the volatility on the
stock market today, and the dismal U.S. financial news, I thought it appropriate to turn to the post-peak oil apocalypse sage for some words
of wisdom.
I wonder if the
stock market
wisdom of the ages, to sit and stay, is always going to work.
You can expect a fully
stocked fridge, music, regular company socials, a table tennis table, plenty
of laughs in the office and the chance to be part
of a fast - growing company not afraid to ignore conventional
wisdom.