Investing Stories

  • Mystery chart of the week #2: richer assumptions of protracted viability

    Mystery chart of the week #2: richer assumptions of protracted viability

    It’s Friday and its therefore time for The Stored Investor’s chart of the week. Each week we publishes a chart that is at the very least tangentially related to investing. To make this interesting the chart is shown without a title or axis labels, just the numbers, no units. A number of other hints areMore Read more

  • Marks and Spencer share price up after a positive half-year report

    Marks and Spencer share price up after a positive half-year report

    The Marks and Spencer (LSE: MKS) share price is up nearly ten percent today following the release of its half year results for the 26 weeks ended 30 September 2023. It must have been a good one. I think it was. The results were fittingly titled “Reshaping M&S” – Strategy delivers strong results”. Out lastMore Read more

  • Mystery chart of the week #1: Obviously formal request for consideration

    Mystery chart of the week #1: Obviously formal request for consideration

    It’s Friday and its therefore time for The Stored Investor’s chart of the week. Each week we publishes a chart that is at the very least tangentially related to investing. To make this interesting the chart is shown without a title or axis labels, just the numbers, no units. A number of other hints areMore Read more

  • Traders let their stock market losers run and cut their winners short

    Traders let their stock market losers run and cut their winners short

    In trading and investing winning positions should be allowed to run and and losing positions should be cut early. But, retail traders in particular, and I would imagine at least some professional ones, do the opposite. Peter Lynch eloquently described this behaviour as “Cutting the flowers and watering the weeds”. How do I know this?More Read more

  • The Netflix stock price might re-capture its pandemic highs after its third-quarter earnings report gives it a lift.

    The Netflix stock price might re-capture its pandemic highs after its third-quarter earnings report gives it a lift.

    A chart of the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock price makes interesting viewing. It went up when other stock prices slumped in March 2020 and beyond as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe. People were stuck indoors, and a Netflix subscription helped ease the boredom.  The Netflix share price declined from late 2021 into earlyMore Read more

  • Warren Buffett’s favourite holding period is not forever

    Warren Buffett’s favourite holding period is not forever

    Warren Buffett’s most often cited quote has to be some version of his favourite holding period being “forever”. It crops up all the time in the investing world as a chide against those selling during a market correction for example. But, I don’t think the Oracle was outing himself as an a steadfast HODL discipleMore Read more