I stumbled across a really good quote from Dr. Daniel Crosby’s The Laws of Wealth that I may have printed and laminated into a wall-sized poster: … on Wall Street, doing what is “right” can lead to a negative short-term result and doing what is “wrong” can be spectacularly profitable in the short run. Consider...Read More

Note from Charles: My good friend Ari Rastegar wrote a really nice piece on getting the most out of your most valuable asset: yourself. It’s a good read, and something to get you energized for the week ahead. Hope you enjoy it! –CLS   Success as an entrepreneur or business pro depends upon identifying and...Read More

Get ready to buy. Our most reliable technical indicator—one that has historically been 99% accurate—is  suggesting that stocks are poised for a major breakout. Bangladesh butter production surged in February, as moderating grain prices allowed Bangladeshi dairy farmers to boost production by getting higher milk yields from their existing stock of cows. Meanwhile, butter production...Read More

It’s tough to make predictions.  Especially about the future. The quote above is alternatively attributed to the physicist Neils Bohr and to the New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra.   But it is nonetheless true, particularly in the financial markets. Of course, that doesn’t seem to stop us from trying. I bring this up because Barron’s...Read More

My style is a little different from most contributors to TraderPlanet.  At heart, I’m a value investor, and my holding periods for quality stocks can be months, years, or even decades under the right set of conditions. This is not to say I’m an ideological believer in “buy and hold” investing, however.  Absolutely not.  But...Read More