Don’t Fight the Fed
Over the last two weeks, I have seen one of the most amazing things I have seen in all my years of watching the financial markets. Two weeks ago M1 grew…
Why Claims that “The Market Was Expensive” Were Wrong
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog, News /by Kevin ScottBased on intrinsic value being the present (or discounted) value of their future earnings, the rally of 2020 is very sensible. Investors are pricing in the future, not the present.
Economic Surprise!
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog, News /by Kevin ScottRather than reading the news, ICON uses intrinsic value. From horrible to mediocre to good, we believe value tells us what expectations are built into stock prices.
Stocks: Expensive or Cheap?
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog, ICON Highlight Blog /by Kevin ScottThere is disagreement on value regarding the overall stock market. ICON thinks stocks, in general, are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value but many analysts are stating stocks are expensive. We presume analysts who think stocks are expensive are basing their views on the broad market P/E. Who’s right, and why the disagreement?
Individual Investor Sentiment: Are Low Bullish Readings a Rational Representation or Do They Signal a Buying Opportunity?
/0 Comments/in Brian Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottAt ICON, we invest according to our valuation system and don’t rely on emotions. We also believe that the market leads the economy. Therefore, if one sees low bullish readings of AAII sentiment as contrarian, the current market could actually be a historic buying opportunity.
ICON Strategy-Based Investing: Global Moderate Update
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottThe SBI Portfolios buy and hold the best strategies and the most strategy consistent managers in those strategies according to our system. In using this process we’ve observed that the effectiveness of each strategy may vary through changing economic and financial market conditions. One such example during this most recent market volatility is ICON’s SBI Global Moderate Portfolio
Mr. Market 2020
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottIt seems timely to recall a metaphor described by Benjamin Graham, the ultimate value investor. In reference to the stock market, he wrote of “Mr. Market.”
ICON’S U.S. INCOME PORTFOLIO: HELPING YOUR CLIENTS NAVIGATE THE CURRENT CRISIS AND VOLATILE MARKET SETTINGS
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottOur U.S. Income portfolio seems to be handling this market downturn very well. The U.S. Income portfolio’s combination of bonds, utilities & dividend oriented equities is very important to us, the secret sauce if you will.
Corporate Buy Backs
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottThe activity of public corporations repurchasing previously issued shares has become a topic of controversy lately as two U.S. senators have proposed…
Monetary Policy: Neutral or Normal?
/0 Comments/in Craig Callahan, ICON Blog /by Kevin ScottT-Bills are generally considered to be risk-free investments. An investor knows what the return will be over the short holding period, and the bills are backed by the full taxation power of the U.S. Federal Government.
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