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The Link Between The Stock Market and The Business Cycle

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by  Erik Conley

The Link Between The Stock Market and The Business Cycle How Situational Awareness Can Significantly Boost Portfolio Returns Market crashes, corrections, and bears are the bane of every investor – with two exceptions. ...

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Charlie Munger Pearls Of Wisdom part I

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by  Erik Conley

“For a security to be mispriced, someone else must be a damn fool.” – Charlie Munger This idea is part of what I have called The 7 Noble Truths of investing. It’s such ...

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Invest Smarter: Avoiding The Next Bear Market

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by  Erik Conley

Thanks to all of you who generously took the time to give me comments and feedback on my white paper about the relationship between the economy and the stock market. I found many ...

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Investing Skills #4 – Developing A Solid List of Information Sources

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by  Erik Conley

I write about and teach investing skills, and one of the most important ones is figuring out how to efficiently navigate the overwhelming amount of information that’s out there regarding the financial markets. ...

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The Most Powerful Force In The Universe

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by  Erik Conley

Legend has it that Albert Einstein once described compound interest as the most powerful force in the universe.  Whether or not he actually said it is open to debate, but the statement itself ...

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