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...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 27, 2021 | Investing
Over the past twenty years, the investment landscape has seen the mass adoption of exchange traded funds. ETFs offer investors a simple way to achieve exposure to underlying indexes both in and outside of the U.S. as well as diversification across multiple subsectors...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 29, 2021 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis
As I write, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has managed to close at another record high year to date. What is going on beneath the surface though, has been telling a different story. To illustrate my point, let’s do a quick exercise. If you were to take an exam...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Mar 23, 2021 | Investing
Since as of late, so much emphasis has been put on the market’s rotation out of growth stocks and into value, I wanted to put together a series on growth stock investing. What it is, why it may or may not be right for you, and what one is to expect from this...
