Category: Stock Market

Mattress Investing Revisited

“I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'”   Peter Lynch The stock market fall of 2008 sent many into a tailspin: moving money, selling equities, taking losses.  Some [...]

The Stock Market: In the Long Run, It’s All About Earnings, Not Panic

Here we go again.  Panic in the stock market has set in, yet again, due to every direct or indirect domestic or international incident known to man.   Maybe Greece.   Maybe Senate-passed financial regulations.  Maybe unemployment.  Maybe somebody pressed the wrong button on their computer.  Or maybe somebody sneezed.