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Things Change

The Better Letter

GE jumped over Exxon to the top spot as the oil company (which had bought Mobil in 1998 in what was then the biggest merger ever) stayed at number two. Chevron, which had been known as Standard Oil of California, returned to the top ten at number eight. There are about four times that number now. IBM, at nine, made it back, too.

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Burry Predicts Market Crashes—With Mixed Results

Validea

This generation’s fortune-teller has been Michael Burry, who called the 2007-2008 housing bubble burst early on. Unlike a lot of pundits, Burry risked his own money on his 2007 housing call and other stock picks that delivered high rewards. His firm Scion bought puts on two popular index funds, betting on a looming downturn.

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

Heather comes from with a fascinating background, having previously been in a number of other places, most notably Morningstar, and, and she has a very specific approach to investment management and thinking about stock selection. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t.

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Is October the Right Month to Invest? What do the Nifty Trends Show?

Trade Brains

20,000 is not just a number; but happiness for many. Nifty 50 first hit 10,000 on July 26, 2017, and it took years to double that number. Amid all the noise surrounding geopolitical issues, global valuations, and FII selloff, the Nifty bulls might be feeling a bit clueless about their next moves. on July 20 of this year.

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Equity Beat: Don't Wait for Earnings to Trough

Brown Advisory

at year-end can largely explain the compression in valuation, especially for higher multiple equities, primarily during the first half of the year. Great Financial Crisis October 2007 April 2009 -39.0% Forward EPS is the ratio of projected earnings to number of outstanding shares of a company. by year-end. to nearly 3.9%

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Market Responses to Fed (in)Action | Weekly Market Commentary | June 20, 2023

James Hendries

As the economy is likely downshifting, investors should take heed that the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) current stance is eerily similar to early 2007. As such, we don’t think it will be long before official government numbers reflect the decrease in rent prices. A Lot Can Change in a Few Quarters So, why bring up a Fed statement from 2007?

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Transcript: Joe Barratta of Blackstone

The Big Picture

In the short run, there can be distortions in public market valuations as we saw in 2001 and we saw prior to that in 2007, and prior to that in 2000, in ‘99. Valuations go up and you saw it, of course, in the late ‘90s, in the tech sector. But you’re looking at valuations and what sort of multiples you want to pay.

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