The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
When you type in "should I" into the Google search bar, four of the top seven results are about selling stocks. If you arrived at this website because you are Googling "should I sell my stocks," relax, breathe, let me tell you how this all works. Stocks generally go up over time. Why? Because stocks are not just numbers on a screen, they represent something very real.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2020
How to Celebrate & Promote (And still be humble…if that’s your thing) The objective of public relations is to create a reputable, likable and trustworthy image with the greater public. Serving as a media resource is one surefire way to do this – becoming a trusted expert to local and national media gives your prospective clients assurance that you have been vetted and confirmed to be the sourced expert on important financial topics.
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Indigo Marketing Agency
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
The financial markets took a big dip early this week over fears about the spreading coronavirus, erasing gains from earlier this year. Investors are understandably nervous about their money and their health. But as a financial advisor, how should you communicate with your clients about the uncertainty? Never let a good crisis go to waste, or in this case, a dip in the stock market.
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
There is this commonly held belief that mom and pop investors panic when the market is going down. Turns out this might not be the case after all. Jason Zweig did some excellent debunking yesterday on this topic in the Wall Street Journal : “Institutions sell more than individuals when there is a large stock-market drop,” finance professors Patrick Dennis and Deon Strickland found in a 2002 study.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Despite the recent selloff, things are still relatively fine. I know nobody wants to hear this right now, but the S&P 500 is still up double digits over the last year and 36% over the last three years. What has people shook, understandably, is the speed of this decline. Depending on where stocks close today, we could be looking at a 10% haircut in just five sessions.
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The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
It's been a rough few days for stocks, as you already know. Over the last two sessions, the S&P 500 shed nearly $2 trillion in market cap, its largest two-day decline ever. Of course there is a denominator thing going on, stocks were at an all-time high, so naturally a large decline will be a record in dollar terms. In percentage terms, it was the 31st worst 2-day return since 1950.
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
For the 18th time since the stock market bottomed in 2009, the S&P 500 is more than 5% off its high. The current episode is due to fears over the Coronavirus. Every time we experience one of these pullbacks, things get noisy on social media, in the news papers, on TV, blogs, radio, everywhere. Why does this always happen, who cares about a 5% pullback?
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Today's Animal Spirits Talk Your Book is brought to you by Conestoga Capital Advisors. For more information please visit their site here. On today's show we discussed: Avoiding the biggest losers in the small cap growth space Filtering down an investing universe Position sizing and risk management Portfolio construction How management influences buy/sell decisions Capacity constraints in the small cap space Why mid cap stocks are often under followed Listen here: Articles mentioned: Size matters
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Last month I was at a casino playing blackjack. As I sat down to play my first hand, I felt a surge of adrenaline rush through my body. Was I playing with too much money on the line? Is that what was causing my heart to race like I was about to jump out of an airplane? No, I bought in for a few hundred bucks and was playing with $25 chips. The amount I was wagering had absolutely zero effect on my financial well being.
Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant
Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Articles A lower bar for becoming an expert raises the bar for remaining one By Myles Udland Knowing the limits of your intelligence requires a certain level of intelligence, so some people are too stupid to know how stupid they are. By Morgan Housel The briefly held RIA fantasy that E*Trade would replace TD Ameritrade as champion of the sub-$100-million RIA is over.
The Irrelevant Investor
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
733,000 cable customers bailed on Comcast last year. The trend of cord cutting is playing out all across the Pay-TV universe, which you can see in this incredible chart from the WSJ. Content is getting more expensive, customers are leaving in droves, and there is more competition than ever before, which you'd think would be a disaster for these stocks.
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