Must Reads

Economic data quality deteriorates — 2 thoughts for investors 🧮

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

Jun 8 •

Identifying winning stocks is hard. Holding winning stocks is a nightmare. 🫠

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

Jun 1 •

Remembering moments when I thought things took a permanent turn for the worse 🙇‍♂️

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

May 18 •

'Past performance is' clearly 'no guarantee of future results' 📊

Top fund managers rarely stay on top. Market-beating managers rarely keep beating the market. 📉

May 9 •

What does the negative GDP report really tell us? 🤔

A few thoughts regarding an ambiguous headline metric 🇺🇸

Apr 30 •

The stock market's awesome days occur near awful days 📊

A chart with remarkable symmetry 👯‍♀️

Apr 18 •

Bear markets in context 🐻

Take a deep breath and look to the big picture 🧘🏻‍♂️

Apr 7 •

The stock market's history with recessions 📉

Investing in the stock market means having to consider tough scenarios 😭

Apr 3 •

The stock market is not the economy, charted 📊

“American corporations dominate global profits" 💸

Mar 26 •

The unluckiest market timer I know made another poorly timed trade 🤦🏻‍♂️

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

Mar 23 •

Mean reversion in the stock market is an 'optical illusion' 😵‍💫

The authors of 'Triumph of the Optimists' challenge a popular assumption 🤯

Mar 19 •

Most stock-picking pros underperformed in 2024's market rally 🫤

New data confirms this persistent trend 📊

Mar 4 •

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