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Email subscribers of the Finance Trends Newsletter receive the first look at new articles and market updates, such as the following piece, sent out to our email list on Sunday (6/14).   Hello and welcome, everyone! If you received our last email notice over the July 4th holiday, you'll know that this weekend's newsletter will serve as a mid-year market update and a follow-up to issue #29, " How to Reinvest in a Rising Market ".   Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, let's start the show...  Finance Trends Newsletter: Our Mid-Year Market Review When we last spoke, back in February, the U.S. stock market was rallying off its December-January lows. As the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reclaimed their 200 day moving averages in February and March, it became increasingly apparent that a lot of retail investors (and perhaps some institutional investors) were left under-invested while watching this recovery move from the sidelines.  The U.S. stock ...

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Note: Email subscribers of the Finance Trends Newsletter receive the first look at new articles and market updates, such as the following piece, sent out to our email list on Sunday (2/24). How to Invest, or Reinvest, in a Rising Market The S&P 500 ( SPX ) recently climbed above 2,700 for the first time since last December. The question on many minds is this: are we experiencing the start of a new uptrend or are we in the middle of another "bear market" rally? First, let's dispense with the loaded "bear market" vs. "bull market" terms and simply look at the charts. Here is a daily chart of the SPX, one of the world's most widely watched stock indexes. ...

Jesse Livermore on buying stocks or commodities when they are seemingly "cheap" after a decline: "It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time."  - J. Livermore Jesse Livermore, speculator and "stock operator" For more on the great (and ultimately doomed) speculator of the early 20th century, see " Jesse Livermore: How to Trade in Stocks (1940 ebook) ".   Subscribe to the Finance Trends N e wsletter - you'll get actionable trading ideas, investing lessons, and valuable market insights sent to your inbox. You can follow our real-time updates on Twitter .

Welcome, readers . T o get the first look at brand new posts (like the following piece) and to receive our exclusive email list updates, please subscribe to the Finance Trends Newsletter .   The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series title of t he 21st century this we ek. Having won their first Se ries in 86 years back in 200 4, the last decade-plus has marked a very strong return to form for one of baseball's oldest big league clubs. So how did they do it? Quick background: in late 2002, team own er and hedge fund manager, John W. Henry (with his partners ) bought the Boston Red Sox and its historic Fenway Park for a reported sum of $ 695 million. Henry and Co. quickly set out to find their ideal General Manager (GM) to help turn around their newly acquired, ailing ship. This brings us to one of my fav orite scenes from the 2011 film , Moneyball , in which John W. Henry (played by Ar liss Howard) attempts to woo Oakland A's GM Billy Beane (Brad Pi...

"The one thing that Michael [Jordan] has, that really stands out, is that he doesn't compete with anyone else. He competes with himself." - Tim Grover . Air Jordan free throw line slam dunk How appropriate that this interview with Michael Jordan's personal trainer and Relentless author, Tim Grover should appear in issue #23 of the Finance Trends Newsletter . Although I had planned to highlight Tim Grover's excellent discussion on mindset and champion-level performance in our very next newsletter, I did not anticipate this fortuitous numbering sequence. Actually, I hadn't noticed it until I typed up today's email subject heading while counting back through our prior issues. I'm excited by the coincidence, but it's only because I'm even more excited to share Tim's message with you. You might say that his interview struck a chord with me. But first, let me briefly tell you why I find this interview to be so crucial. ...

Welcome, readers. This article on the life of ballplayer/ CIA operative , Moe Berg and the role of information gathering in espionage and investing first appeared last month in the Finance Trends Newsletter . Spring, when a young man's thoughts turn to baseball, young ladies, and... espionage? Well, that last part may seem unusual, but allow me to explain. I've been a baseball fan all my life. Even in recent years, when I have rarely felt the urge to watch professional sports, I often find myself reading about the great ballplayers of my youth or watching highlights of games from the past. One of my great pleasures as a boy was reading about baseball's earlier eras and its great heroes (or tragic figures) and colorful characters. Yes, in the pre-internet world we read tangible books. One of my early favorites was a book entitled, Baseball Anecdotes . If you have a baseball fan in your family I highly recommend it. Paperback copies are inexpensive and the bo...

Head on over to Abnormal Returns for this week's Finance Blogger Wisdom interview series.  You'll find a daily Q&A session on investing with some of the top financial bloggers, and a new topic of discussion is offered up each day. Topics this week include: the future of pension fund returns, lessons of the post-financial crisis decade, investing in new ETFs, the IPO market for new companies, and some shout outs to our favorite under-the-radar bloggers and investing writers (look for that on Friday). Once again, AR has been kind enough to include Finance Trends in their ongoing interview series. Thanks to Tadas Viskantas at Abnormal Returns for hosting us and giving us all a platform to speak on the financial topics of the day. Subscribe to the Finance Trends N e wsletter - you'll get actionable trading ideas and valuable market insights sent to your inbox. You can follow our real-time updates on Twitter .  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ) climbed to a new high above 23,450 today. If the Dow Jones 30 can close the week positive, it will mark the seventh straight week of gains in this highly-followed US stock index. The Dow 30 has climbed over 5,000 points since last October, a 29% gain in one year. Supporting the DJIA this week are major components like Caterpillar ( CAT ) and 3M ( MMM ) , both continuing their climbs on strong 3Q earnings.  With big cap industrial movers like CAT and MMM , plus US banking leader JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) making new highs , the Dow's uptrend is intact and has been propelled higher (despite the persistent "crash" callers) .   3M extending the new highs, +7% today after 3Q earnings. $MMM pic.twitter.com/glkOIvjCtu — Finance Trends (@FinanceTrends) October 24, 2017 $JPM past the century mark, a new ATH. 20-year chart of JP Morgan Chase. pic.twitter.com/OQ4b63NK7V — Finance Trends (@FinanceTrends) October ...