Archive for January, 2013
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013I know most AFM readers don’t care about this stuff but I love crunching numbers and sharing the results. For this study, I looked at 1-year rolling total returns. I began with January 1926 – December 1926 and then February 1926 – January 1927, all the way through January 2012 – December 2012. There were [...]
S&P 500 20-Year Rolling Period Returns Through 2012
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013An AFM reader sent me an email and asked me to update the 20-year rolling period returns for the S&P 500 Index. Here they are:
Our Auto Insurance Premiums Are Killing Me!
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013I received our six-month auto insurnace renewal yesterday. The premium is going up 9.79%! We added our oldest son last March. Our rates basically doubled. They didn’t change much at our July 2012 renewal. Yesterday’s renewal came as quite a shock. We haven’t had any issues. So, I called our provider yesterday and one of [...]
Times are Changing
Friday, January 25th, 2013My oldest son started working at a local grocery store chain last Spring. He’s actually working for the same store manager I worked with when I was worked in the grocery business in the mid 90s. Anyway, with his first job, came his first income tax filing. I have to say it was kind of [...]
Thought of the Day from Thomas Sowell
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Chart of the Day: Apple’s Stock Price Since Reaching Its All-Time High
Thursday, January 24th, 2013Wow…
Interesting Piece on Apple’s Valuation
Thursday, January 24th, 2013I read this piece from Fortune on Apple’s valuation last night. Great piece. It shows the impact of recency bias.
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