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Tesla’s Q2 Deliveries Report Brings Questions And A Late Answer
Tesla’s Q2 deliveries were widely considered a disappointment on Wall Street, but then suddenly on Friday, the company released an addendum to that initial report. It updated that initial delivery....
The Small-Cap Investing Handbook Part Seven & Eight: Lessons From Value Investors
Throughout this series, I’m looking at both the benefits, and drawbacks of investing in small cap equities, considering all of the evidence available to us today for both sides of the....
Tesla Model 3 Ramp May Go Faster Than Expected, But That’s Not What Matters Most
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted new details about the Model 3 ramp, including that they’re planning to roll the first one off the production line on Friday. However, some are suggesting that by Musk’s....
Half Of S&P 500 Earnings Growth Can Be Attributed To One Sector, Which Is Unsustainable
US stocks hit new all-time highs this month. Despite rich valuations, buyers think they’ll still go higher.
One reason for this exuberance is the rise of passively indexed....
This Is The Big(ger) News About China’s Capital Markets
Last week index provider MSCI’s inclusion of 222 large-cap A share stocks (traded on Shenzhen and Shanghai exchanges) in its indices removed another brick in the wall between China’s financial....
The Person behind the Sharpe Ratio
Before it was an investment ratio, it was this guy’s last name. Hearing William Sharpe talk about his namesake ratio that now reigns as one of the most quoted risk-adjusted ratios feels a little....
New Disruption Will Come From Robots, Not Chinese
How does one explain the current political divide? In part, this is done by looking at winners and losers in the process of globalization, a recent Barclays report noted. “The middle class in....
Economic Impact Of Amazon-Whole Foods Deal May Be Limited
Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it was acquiring Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. This deal represents Amazon’s largest acquisition ever, dwarfing the 2009 purchase of Zappos.com....
3 Opportunities From Amazon’s Whole Foods Buyout
A few years back in 2014, I started buying Whole Foods with my initial intrinsic value target between $38-$50.
I then adjusted it down in 2016 to $32 – $36.
Amazon’s acquisition price of....
Can Two Schools of Thought on How Stock Investing Works Co-Exist?
Valuation-Informed Indexing #346
by Rob Bennett
The safe withdrawal rate is always 4 percent. Unless it is a number that varies from 1.6 percent to 9.0 percent depending on the valuation....
Amazon, Whole Foods Strike Game-Changing Retail Deal
Amazon has agreed to acquire organic grocer Whole Foods in a $13.7 billion deal that expands its brick-and-mortar retail presence to more than 460 stores in the US, Canada and the UK. The....
Eight Dividend Companies Increasing Dividend Payouts And Returns To Investors
As part of my monitoring process, I review the list of dividend increases every single week. I usually focus on companies that have raised dividends for at least a decade, in order to narrow down....
Tesla Shares Pop On Model X Crash Test Rating As New Ultra-Bull Emerges
Tesla shares surged on Tuesday on a mix of news, including the Model X crash test rating. There was also a price target adjustment by one Tesla perma-bull and a massive upgrade from another....
Our Minds See Patterns Where They Don’t Exist and Fail to See Them Where They Do
Valuation-Informed Indexing #345
by Rob Bennett
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I pay close attention when investors tell me why they don’t buy into the Valuation-Informed Investing strategy. To....
These industries will explode – with the Chinese middle class
In 1950, the United States was on the cusp of a boom that would produce the largest middle class in history. It was also the beginning of a surge in the U.S. economy that would make it one of the....
India Is Hot Location For US FDI
Donald Trump’s administration has made it a priority to get US companies to invest in their home nation rather than deploying capital and sending jobs abroad. However, despite all of the rhetoric....
SANTANDER BUYS BANCO POPULAR FOR €1 – BARINGS BANK REDUX
By Caleb Gibbons, CFA, FRM,– Originally at IBankCoin
Barings Bank was sold for £1 to ING back in 1995, but the comp is close one has to admit.
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Spanish regulators....
Mohnish Pabrai: How To Build Wealth Copying 9 Other Value Investors
One of our favorite investors at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Mohnish Pabrai.
Earlier this year he wrote a great article called, Beyond Buffett: How To Build Wealth Copying 9 Other Value....
If Shiller Is Right, Buy-and-Holders Should Be Feeling Intensely Emotional Today
Valuation-Informed Indexing #344
by Rob Bennett
Shiller showed that stock prices are determined not by economic developments but by shifts in investor emotion. And the P/E10 metric provides....
US Budget Deficit Will Lead To A 30% Market Crash
According to CNBC, there’s a ‘$2 trillion’ mystery in the Trump administration’s budget. This ‘mystery’ is a windfall $2 trillion in additional tax revenue that policymakers believe will....
Tesla Inc (TSLA) Up On New Appreciation For Autonomous Driving Effort
Tesla Inc (TSLA) stock roared right along on Wednesday to touch another intra-day high of $342.89 and reaching a market capitalization of more than $57 billion, making it more valuable than....
Don’t Wait For Rough Markets To Take A Look At Alternatives
Volatility is remarkably low today, but it’s not likely to stay that way. Alternatives have the potential to provide diversification and reduce risk when markets get stormy again. But what’s the....
Auto Giant Ford Motor Fires CEO
For today’s bulletin, we take a look at the latest news on auto giant Ford $F and provide a link to download a FREE STOCK REPORT on the company
VALUATION NOTE: Overvalued stocks now make up....
Louis Gave: Emerging Markets And Europe Will Outperform The US In The Next Decade
“The key to successful investing is not picking winners, it’s avoiding losers…” Louis Gave, the head of asset management at Gavekal Research, explains his investment philosophy at Mauldin....
Calm Confidence Is the Mid-Point Between Fear and Greed
Valuation-Informed Indexing #342
by Rob Bennett
The study of human psychology is a relatively new discipline. It is my belief that the biggest mistake made in the early years of development....