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For the fourth time in five years, the participants in our annual Groundhog Challenge stock picking contest outperformed stock fund managers with four of the top five positions claimed by investment clubs.
Exhausted or frustrated by Wall Street detours and breaches of trust? Don’t be duped by the 24-hour, 7-day news cycle. It’s the long-term trends and long-term relationships in our lives that really matter.
This month we double down on growth diversification for purposes of portfolio design and management and the path it seems to offer to long-term superior returns.
As we sift through the study opportunities explored each week in our FREE weekly newsletter, long-term investors are reminded to be selective and mindful that we really only discover a limited number of "best ideas" during a lifetime of investing.
In these days of turbulent markets, how have our most-widely followed stocks fared? Our monthly stock study visits healthcare and information systems with IPC Hospitalist (IPCM) and our featured fund is a foray into emerging markets.
Keep the 24/7 news cycle in check ... experience teaches us that the long-term perspective and trends are what really matters, even while getting whipsawed.
We're reminded of the lessons of long-term investing as we celebrate the achievements and impact of one of the champions of the modern investment club movement.
What can we learn from selections made during the last year? Last three years? Last five?
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This month we celebrate the enhancements to the Manifest Investing web site.
Our community thrives on stripping away the emotions that sometimes include nasty memories, muddied results and focus on the road ahead.
Our Round Table monthly stock discussions are just one example of the 'campfire' opportunities to share and get some investing ideas from our friends and colleagues.