September has a poor reputation for stock market returns and last year we saw a -10% correction in US equities over a two and half week period... Repeat or clear skies ahead?
The Veteran runs the numbers for boring, sustainable, yet profitable investing. An 82.45% chance of a positive return over two years doesn't sound too boring!
Genuine long term outperformance of a market or other benchmark is a scarce commodity, and there are far too many claims of above average performance among fund and managers for them to be plausible.
The Veteran was looking for real businesses which are growing the top and bottom line with decent momentum... Does Target (TGT) fit the bill?
Markets are cyclical in nature and when they change we need to be able to change our investment strategy to reflect, and take advantage, of those changes.
The Macrodesiac Veteran has been scouring the Q1 earnings reports. Here's what he found...
Find out why (plumbing and building supplies group) Ferguson, BT Group and ITV have caught my interest.
Analysts have rarely been this positive about the earnings potential of the S&P 500 stocks Largest rise in quarterly earnings forecasts since at least 2004
