by Trent Smalley, CMT | Aug 29, 2021 | Investing, JSPM Registered Investment Advisor
With every new endeavor, lessons are learned. While sometimes painful in the short term, they serve to lay the foundation of forthcoming success which could only happen had these obstacles not occured. I’ve been an advisor and portfolio manager with Ryan Morse,...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 27, 2021 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis
The last week of July marks the start of earnings season for many growth stocks. Soon we will hear from companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. From a long term investment standpoint, one quarter is relatively insignificant. It does however give us a...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 15, 2021 | Investing
Chances are, you have heard the word “inflation” used ad nauseam as of late. Even outside of finance circles, this term is making the rounds. Someone told me the term even came up on “The View” this morning. It’s good to know that Whoopi...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 27, 2021 | Investing
One hundred and twenty five years ago today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average made its debut. It has risen an average of 7.69% each year and notched 1,464 record closes, according to Dow Jones Market Data. It climbed above 100 in 1906, topped 1000 in 1972 and crossed...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 18, 2021 | Investing
So often lost in the day to day or week to week noise of endless stock market gyrations, is the realization that you may already be in posession of a “multibagger.” In “One Up On Wall Street” the famous investor Peter Lynch coined the term to...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 14, 2021 | Investing
“If you cant stomach 50% declines in your investment, you’ll get the mediocre returns that you deserve.” – Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Investing is simple, but it’s anything but easy. I look for companies in their...
