The hardest part of investing in stocks for most business people, beginner investors, and intermediate investors is stock selection. The most popular options that you may be faced

Looking for some wisdom to guide you while you’re finding your feet as an investor?  Here are 5 fundamental rules from great investors, past and present. Rule 1:

How to Confuse an Investor   Few companies that exist today or have existed in the past have held such a strong competitive advantage in its respective field

When it comes to investing, I find that the simplest advice is usually the best one. Nobody puts it better than Terry Smith from Fundsmith:   “Buy good

In the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report, Warren Buffett discussed the difference between great businesses, good businesses, and gruesome businesses.  Buffett summarizes it like this: Let’s break down

*Last updated on 22 November 2020 Greetings investors, and welcome to the Q3 2020 list of hedge fund letters and reports! Learn from the top investors on Wall

How much money would you be willing to pay Warren Buffet for advice and words of wisdom on investing? Regardless of how much you’d pay, we all know

Just think about how much you could learn from someone who came from nothing and now has a net worth of over $100 million. How much would you

The coronavirus pandemic is certainly frightening. Though almost all Americans have learned to live with the looming threat of the virus, most are psychologically affected — and as

Buffett Finds His First Love On the week of December 6th 1951, thousands of financial professionals received in their mail that week’s issue of The Commercial and Financial

The jobless claims report from the week of September 12th was important for a few reasons. Firstly, it was the BLS survey week for the September report. Secondly,

The Fed did exactly what most expected on Wednesday as it didn’t hike rates and called for no hikes through 2023 based on the median FOMC member’s estimate

Redbook same store sales growth fell for the 2nd straight week in the week of September 12th. As you can see from the chart below, it fell from

On Wednesday, the Fed will give us its decision on rates along with an updated look at its economic projections. It will be interesting to see where the

Inflation is still very low. CPI in August was 1.3% which was up from 1%. Core CPI was up from 1.6% to 1.7% which put it slightly closer

The jobless claims report from the week of September 5th was a mixed bag. There are a few twists with this data update which must be noted or

The latest Redbook same store sales growth reading was bad as it fell from 4.6% to -0.1% in the week of September 5th. It’s always hard to figure

In August, the small business optimism index increased from 98.8 to 100.2 which beat estimates for 98.9. It’s no surprise small business confidence crept up. What is a

We are getting more details on how the consumer was impacted by the decline in unemployment benefits via non-traditional data points. Normally, waiting until the retail sales report

The August BLS labor report bested the ADP report by a lot just like it has since the recovery started. As you can see from the chart below,

It appears the labor market is steadily improving despite fears of a slowdown. Keep in mind, it’s very scary to look at the current picture, but rate of

The August ADP report showed 428,000 private sector jobs added which missed estimates for 900,000. Some investors wondered why this didn’t cause stocks to fall. Stocks probably ignored

Everyone was wondering if retail sales growth would crash once the $600 in weekly unemployment checks stopped going out in August. The fears of a big decline in

We are making an adjustment to our economic thesis based on the latest data. We’ve been saying the decline in unemployment benefits hurt consumers, but they planned ahead

One of the biggest questions in economics is determining when the economy will be able to survive on its own without fiscal stimulus. That’s important because getting legislation