For all of the hype around the Dow hitting 20,000 for the first time, it sure dipped back below that level very quickly. However, here we are again less than a week later, and the Dow is knocking on the doorstep of 20,000 once again. Who knows, maybe this time it...
Last night something amazing happened. Alabama lost a football game. It doesn't happen very often, so remember this moment. It got me thinking about the markets though. Recency bias has a way of making people think the current leaders will never fail, or make it...
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According to many market experts, investors should buy and hold always and forever, right? If you've been told that before you might be surprised to learn that even the S&P 500 changes its holdings every so often. In fact, according to a recent Business Insider...
In this week's Mullooly Asset Management video, Tom takes a look at the point and figure chart of IBM. IBM reported subpar earnings this morning (October 20, 2014) and also reported paying one of their competitors to take a division off their hands. Not great news....
With all the recent volatility in the market, it's provided a good opportunity to remind people what risk premium is all about. Owning equity (stocks) inherently means you're taking on more risk in return for the possibility of a larger reward. This is something a lot...
Last week we discussed the cost basis of inherited stock on the Mullooly Asset Management video. If you missed it, check it out here: https://mullooly.net/cost-basis-inherited-stock/7538 That video led to a very good question from one of our viewers. Their question...
A lot of investors don't know what their cost basis is when they inherit stock from someone who's passed away. Tom put together a short video explaining the answer to this question. When somebody passes away with stock in their portfolio, the first thing that needs to...
Many people assume that rising interest rates must be a bad sign for stocks. It's not nearly that simple! Tom and Brendan discuss this on the weekly Mullooly Asset Management podcast. A recent article by Barry Ritholtz (which you can find here:...
You've probably seen wild images of floor traders yelling and waving at one another before. Do you actually know how orders to buy or sell stock get filled though? A lot of investors don't and that's why Tom and Brendan discuss the process during this week's Mullooly...
