by Jason Apollo Voss | 08 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
This is the final edition of why investing in the stock market makes sense. ***** Liquidity Another advantage of investing in the stock market vs. other types of investments is liquidity. Even for thinly traded shares of stock, it usually only takes a day or two to...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
This is the third part of the “Investing in the Stock Market Makes Sense” series. How is it that publicly traded businesses can regularly grow their earnings at a pace significantly higher than that of GDP? After all, isn’t GDP the aggregate measure...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
OK, by now it’s a broken record: Jason sees signs of recovery. Sorry. Some of these numbers need watchin’ and well, due to a horrible chemical accident I don’t have eyelids, so I can’t help but watch. Hah! What the heck is the PMI? PMI is short...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 06 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Part 2 in a series. So the first reason why investing in the stock market makes sense is that businesses, in the aggregate, ought to keep pace with the growth in Gross Domestic Product. There are many ways as an investor to capture the growth in wealth generated by...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
I want to talk to everyone about a general theory of why investing in the stock market makes sense. The usual arguments are that stocks have outperformed every asset class since the onset of the Great Depression in 1929. But that’s not a logical reason. That is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 22 04 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Happy Wednesday folks, Today’s post is a little bit of a primer on operating leverage. Huh? What does that mean? You may see all of the profit reports flowing in this earnings season and be wondering things like: “How can a company stay in operation if...
