Tag: finance
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Buffett is Selling Apple. Should You?
In a report released May 4, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway revealed that it has sold about 115 million shares of Apple, for proceeds of about $20 billion. About a year ago, in June 2023, we observed that Apple shareholders had enjoyed a phenomenal run. At that time, about a year ago,…
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Record-High Gold Prices: Does Gold Belong in An Investment Portfolio?
Gold is trading at record highs, with spot prices exceeding $2250 per ounce as I write this. The chart above might lead you to wonder if you should be investing in gold. In this post, we address two related questions: We’ll first give you the answers, offer brief explanations, and…
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Technical Analysis: Really?
If you’ve studied finance in school, or read books by finance professors, you’ve probably learned that technical analysis “doesn’t work.” In one important sense, that is correct, because when it does work (and it does in the right hands), it tends to produce negative tax consequences (see the end of…