While we're still waiting for the final tally, these are some initial observations on the stock market's reaction, so far, to the election. [...]
Tesla (and Zoom) out in the cold
Earlier this week, Tesla reported financial results for its most recent quarter. And for the fifth time in a row, it reported a profit. This was notable for a few reasons. Among them: Tesla’s increasingly strong performance again raises the question of why it has been excluded from the S&P 500 [...]
Consistency vs. stubbornness
In The Book of Joan, a tribute to the comedian Joan Rivers, her daughter, Melissa, shares some of her late mother’s quirks. Among them: Her mother always drove 40 miles an hour. Regardless of where she was—on the highway, in a school zone, in the driveway—she always drove 40 miles an hour. Melissa’s [...]
Extreme Portfolio Makeover, Part IV
A few weeks back, I described how to conduct an “extreme portfolio makeover”—to scour your investments for holdings which no longer fit your financial plan. There are at least seven ways in which an investment might end up in the “doesn’t fit” category. But at a high level, they fall into one of two [...]
Extreme Portfolio Makeover, Part III
This week the stock market hit a milestone, surpassing its pre-coronavirus all-time high. There is a lot of debate about whether this is justified or sustainable—and that’s certainly an important question. But the bottom line is that your portfolio probably looks very different today from the way it [...]
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