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April 16, 2020 Great Stuff
You’ve Got a Friend in Me “So, no one told you life was gonna be this way … (insert clapping here).” Weekly jobless claims are in, dear reader, and I had to do a double take. Roughly 5.24 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Now, we’ve […] Outplaying Big Banks; J.B. Hunt Bucks Up
April 15, 2020 Great Stuff
Banks Can’t Dance Regular Great Stuff readers know that music underpins many of our pop culture references. But, try as I might, I couldn’t come up with a good banking song for today’s issue. Not even a jingle. The only banking-related pop culture reference that came to mind was the old 1970s Smith Barney commercial: […] 17 Million Jobs Lost! Bulls Need to Worry
April 15, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Stocks, Winning Investor Daily
Today, I’m going to take a look at the biggest changes in unemployment over the past several decades. That gives us a clue as to how stock prices will react in the months ahead. Relishing Relief: Fastenal Your Seatbelts
April 14, 2020 Great Stuff
How Do You Spell Relief? And they’re off! The first (annual?) U.S. quarantined corporate earnings season kicked off this morning, and investors loved the red-hot rally action. It was 2% to 3% gains across the board as the market opened. Wall Street finally has concrete data on how the pandemic has affected American businesses. JPMorgan […] Warren Buffett Told Me Something I’ll Never Forget
April 14, 2020 Trading Strategies, Winning Investor Daily
When I interviewed Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, he would often mention a certain financial term over and over again.