Posts by Darryl H

Earnings season is a good time to reflect on your stock picks but is there more beyond reflection? That would depend on the type of investor you are, but long-term investors need not worry about earnings season. Whether or not a company meets, beats, or misses an earnings expectation is certainly of interest to investors…

Investing in the stock market is stressful for many investors and the stress and emotions can lead to poor decision making. Avoiding bad decisions is a key component of achieving market-beating returns. However, no matter how seasoned you are as an investor, emotional decision making is difficult to avoid in times of market turbulence. The…

Building a better mouse trap when it comes to investing means developing a better approach to achieving higher investment returns relative to the appropriate index. How can this be accomplished? The answer is with simplicity and a focus on the fundamentals. For individual investors who have the time and interest, it is certainly possible to…

Who is selecting your stocks? In today’s world of investing, that could be a tricky question. Are humans picking your stocks or is it a machine that has been programmed to mimic human thinking or search for patterns in data to find new ideas for potentially higher returns? Whether it is man or machine, stock…

Should reading the latest news headlines be a factor in your investment decisions? Generally, the majority of news is simply a rationale for what has already occurred in the markets and therefore useless information for building a winning investment portfolio. Providing Investors with explanations about how a specific set of economic data or events impacted…

Recently, we have witnessed a rise in replication strategies marketed to the retail investor that seek to copy the success of the best investment managers. Since hedge funds are thought to be performance leaders, hedge fund replicators are attempting to bring hedge fund performance to retail investors without the high fees associated with hedge funds.…

As an Investor, putting your best idea to work is the key to growing, protecting, and preserving your wealth. The most successful investors have understood this for decades. Using Warren Buffett as an example, he has doubled the return of the S&P 500 during his investment career at Berkshire Hathaway by investing money in a…

If you were to Google “Market Predictions for 2023” most of the findings would suggest that the 2023 stock market is in for a rough ride. However, there are pundits who would argue that markets are due for an increase in value. However, negative market sentiment seems to dominate when it comes to predictions about…

First, don’t panic and look on the bright side. Secondly, tune out all of the financial pundits and stick to your investment strategy. Third, have the proper historical perspective. Remember, investing is not just about financial concepts, mathematics, and statistics, but rather having the right temperament to avoid the emotional traps of fear and greed.…

History has a way of repeating itself and in this case the historical data could provide some comfort for investors with money invested in the S&P 500 or other equity-based indices. Calendar years following midterm elections have yielded some insightful information. Since 1935, the year after the midterm election in 1934, the S&P 500 has…