Many retail investors tend to get caught up with the latest and greatest hypes. But investors are better off avoiding the prevailing narratives and instead focusing on the fundamentals of a company when identifying investment opportunities. For example, during the dot com era the narrative was that internet companies were the future and that nothing …

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Global stocks have yielded a positive return every month this year as measured by the MSCI AC World Index . The chart below shows the monthly returns of the index since 1988. Click to enlarge 2017’s uninterrupted and unprecedented streak of monthly gains for global stocks   Source: 5 Reasons Investors Should Give Thanks by JEFFREY KLEINTOP, Schwab, …

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The current bull market in US stocks is one of the longest in history. Since the troughs reached in early 2009, the S&P 500 has continued to soar with mutiple records in recent weeks.The following chart shows the length and return of bull markets since 1962: Click to enlarge Source: When Time Is On Your Side: …

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The virtual current Bitcoin jumped $400 in one day and reached a new all-time high of $7,454.04 this past Friday. The cryptocurrency has soared a staggering 640% so far this year alone. It should be noted that bitcoin is mostly banned in countries like China. Any time an asset rises so much in a short period …

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The Dow Jones crossed the 23,000 mark and closed at 23,157.60 yesterday. This year alone the Dow has crossed four thousand point thresholds. The following table shows the 1,000 point milestones of the index since its inception: Click to enlarge Source: The Dow Crosses 23,000 by Jamie Farmer, Indexology Blog, S&P Global