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Investing in Art: The Rockefeller Estate Art Auction

March 12, 2018

Interesting article about the expected $1 billion auction of the art and other valuable from the estate of the late David Rockefeller. One interesting point is that much of the art was purchased for substantially less than today’s estimated value. Another point is that Rockefeller changed his plans for the pieces over time, partly because […]

Antiques Investing: The Great Antiques Bust

March 12, 2018

Prices for many antiques are way down, and could have farther to fall, according to this article. In fact, it appears that many “antiques dealers” have changed their businesses entirely and not dealing at all in older items. This article has some theories about why this happened. Even New York’s prestigious Winter Antiques Show has […]

The Changing S&P 500

March 8, 2018

The market rally the last few years has been uneven, and that’s led to technology stocks dominating the S&P 500. S&P doesn’t rebalance the S&P 500 index on a regular basis. It generally lets the market do that, as the weight of different stocks and especially sectors changes over time. Sometimes the changes can be […]

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Investing Strategy 101: The Problems With Earnings Reports

March 5, 2018

This article surveys the little techniques corporate management uses to make it difficult to read earnings reports, and especially to compare one report to its predecessors. Even experienced corporate report readers would benefit from this review of the tricks to watch for. On top of the usual accounting manipulation that takes place on the bottom […]

Bob’s Journal

March 1, 2018

Highlighting a Spectacular Earnings Season Earnings season for the fourth quarter of 2017 ended last week, and it was an outstanding season. A key point to keep in mind is that analysts increased their estimate forecasts through the quarter as the economic data became stronger. In fact, the rate of forecast increases was the most […]

Apple Agrees: Time To Buy and Invest in Commodities

February 28, 2018

I pointed out last year that it was a good time to buy commodities. Supplies are down and will take a while to recover. Plus, inflation is rising. Apple agreed and showed it by deciding to buy cobalt directly from producers. Cobalt is essential in producing batteries, and Apple needs to ensure a supply at […]

Investing Half Your Assets in Emerging Markets

February 23, 2018

Jeremy Grantham, a founder of GMO, says that he’s so optimistic about the returns of emerging markets in coming years that he’s telling his kids to put more than half their retirement assets in emerging market stocks. Grantham’s made it clear over the last year or so that the best opportunities in global markets are […]

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