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Is Toyota a Bargain?

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Economy, Education, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks

The recent problems at Toyota, combined with the collapse of the stock, which is now off 19% from its January high, have erstwhile bargain-hunters asking if the stock is a good buy here.
I think not, and here’s why.
Toyota (the company) enjoyed a great long uptrend in its fortunes, thanks to its ability to design and [...]

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How to Handle the Stock Market’s Correction

February 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Cabot, Economy, Education, Growth Investing, Investing, Stock Market

The biggest thing in the investment universe the past couple of weeks is that the U.S. markets (and most of the world markets) have fallen into a correction.  And I know the common question right now is:  What should I do?  Obviously, I can’t give personalized advice when writing this to so many of you, [...]

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Patriotism and Investing

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Cabot, China, Economy, Education, Emerging Markets, Exchange-traded funds, Growth Investing, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks

Like most citizens of the United States, I had always thought of the U.S. stock market as “The Market.” And I can remember the efforts we made at the big Boston investment house where I used to work to get people to allocate a small amount of money to non-U.S. equities, which mostly meant Europe [...]

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Investor Sentiment and Stock Market Timing

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Cabot, China, Economy, Education, Growth Investing, Indicators, Investing, Market Timing, Stock Market

2009 is now in the books, and it was a year of high drama.  Investors should have the date March 6, 2009, underlined in their diaries as the day U.S. stock markets completed the retest of their November 2008 lows and put in a definitive bottom.  Since the S&P 500 bottomed at 667 on that [...]

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The Story of Johnson & Johnson

January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economy, Education, Healthcare, Stocks

Until last week, the name Casey Johnson meant nothing to me.  But last week Casey Johnson died, at age 30, and in doing that, she caught my attention.
Casey was a diabetic, and while that may have contributed to her early death, it appears that the main cause was living the high life.  Casey never had [...]

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