Image source: Getty Images Different investors have their own way of deciding what constitutes a value share. Many look at price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios. They can be helpful, but in isolation they do not always tell the full story. For example, earnings can move around dramatically from one year to the next. A P/E ratio does

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Something weird happened in the stock market this week — besides the thumping from a surprise Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. Market darling Nvidia’s (NVDA) stock fell into correction territory, defined as a

Image source: The Motley Fool Some people dream of being a millionaire. Exactly how they plan to aim for a million can vary wildly – if they have an exact plan at all! One approach to building wealth I like is investing in blue-chip shares with proven business models. Scattergun approach versus laser focus Some

Image source: Getty Images I bought Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW) shares on several occasions last year, because they looked too cheap to resist. They were trading at around six times earnings, while yielding 6% or 7%. That’s exactly the profile of FTSE 100 stock I like. Buying shares when they’re out of favour and nicely

Image source: Getty Images The stock market is getting a little hot in places. With money flooding back into equities, we need to be wary of overcrowded trades. In other words, let’s not buy stocks just because other people are. Instead, we need to focus on finding value. Today I’m highlighting two stocks that I’m

It will be a busy week for investors in the third week of April amid geopolitical headwinds and the onset of the general election fever back home. Several stock market triggers including the January-March quarter results for fiscal 2023-24 (Q4FY24), general elections 2024, the Israel-Iran conflict, domestic and global economic macroeconomic data, crude oil prices,

Buying and holding great companies for a very long time is a proven strategy for making money in the stock market. This allows investors to not only make the most of secular growth trends but also helps compound their investments over time. For instance, an investment worth $10,000 in shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) a

Image source: Getty Images Will the stock market crash? Who knows? Or, more accurately, yes it will, but who knows when? Over time, stock markets rise and fall. But nobody knows exactly what will happen next. At the moment, the global economy continues to face a number of challenges. Inflation has been stubbornly high and

This past week was a difficult one for markets, as investors digested March’s higher-than-hoped-for inflation data, which further delayed any anticipated interest rate cuts. Yet earnings results could help lift stocks out of their funk. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% for the week, marking its second straight week of declines. It was the index’s largest

Larry Swedroe, who is considered one of the market’s most esteemed researchers, thinks Warren Buffett’s investment style doesn’t work well anymore. He cites the number of professional Wall Street firms and hedge funds now participating in the market. “Warren Buffett was generally considered the greatest stock picker of all time. And, what we have learned