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ICYMI: Never Been More Bullish Even as Buffett Dumps Airlines

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Image Source: IATA. Data Source: McKinsey & Company (IATA). Airlines haven’t been able to earn their estimated cost of capital for as long as we can remember. There have been hundreds of airline bankruptcies since deregulation in 1978. By Brian Nelson, CFA On Saturday, May 2, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) reported expectedly weak first-quarter results. We won’t be ditching Berkshire Hathaway’s stock in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio so long as Uncle Warren is at the helm, but there were a couple takeaways from the report that we want you to be aware of (we’ll have another more extensive note focusing more exclusively on Berkshire coming out soon). The first big piece of news, something that should not be surprising … Read more

Dow Fell 9.99%, Worst Point Drop in History, More Nibbling?

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Dow Fell 9.99%, Worst Point Drop in History, More Nibbling? — Image: On March 12, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,353 points, the most in its history, and the most in percentage terms since Black Monday in 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 9.99% March 12, 2020, to 21,200.62. — From Value Trap: During the dark days of 2008 and 2009…where widespread and indiscriminate selling was prevalent, correlations among stock sectors rose considerably. According to data from Morningstar, average daily correlation over the trailing six months between individual stocks increased to 0.66 at the end of 2011 from just 0.10 in 1994. The average sector correlation for monthly returns on the S&P 500 index was 0.84 during the Financial Crisis … Read more