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The School Bell Rings: Time for Class!

Musings on Markets

By 1986, though, it was showing its age, more a collection of topics about institutions and types of securities, than a cohesive class. I balked at teaching this motley collection of topics and wanted to teach a class on valuation, but I was told that there was not enough stuff in valuation to fill a class.

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2023 Investment and Market Updates: A Review of the Worst Year Since 1871

Brian DeChesare

I’ll address several topics in this year’s update, starting with my current portfolio and performance stats and ending with some predictions that will probably be wrong: My Current Portfolio and Performance Stats. On the one hand, I beat the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in 2022 and the S&P in two of the other three years. 2020: +38%.