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The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Everyone Believes It, but Most Will Be Wrong The power of bad forecasts. Some of these predictions are almost certain to never come true. Which ones? We don't know. No one does. That's the point.   |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
The Dow at 16,000 Soon? Ignore market predictions, except perhaps to have some fun with them. Focus instead on more important things, such as your assessment of the health and growth prospects of the countries and the companies you're investing in. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Welcoming the Bear Market: What to Do Now As of this morning, we officially hit bear market territory. |
IndustryWeek
April 7, 2010
Adam Gordon |
Eight Ways to Critically Evaluate a Forecast Don't get caught up in 'worthless' prediction measures, such as long-range, detailed forecasts. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Boeing Flaps Its Arms for Take-Off Value investors tend to ignore rosy predictions when assessing companies. Don't count recent Boeing owners among the value crowd. The aircraft maker recently upwardly revised its 20-year revenue forecast from global aircraft sales by $500 billion. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2011
Morgan Housel |
5 Things to Remember as the Market Gets Wild Reasons to not cut and run. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Could the Market Jump 34% This Year? Wall Street is aglow with rosy predictions of how the S&P 500 may fare in the coming year. Too bad no one has EVER consistently -- and correctly -- predicted how the market will move. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth |
Prediction Addiction Some clients think planners are soothsayers, able to see the future. And while the desire to predict the future is inherently human, it's usually destructive - particularly when it comes to investing. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Solow & Kitces |
Your Financial Future Foretold Financial planners insist that they cannot predict the future. But they do, all the time -- and typically, without realizing it. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Weekly Walk of Shame: Sirius Syndrome The stock market can be highly irrational in the short term, and sufferers of Sirius Syndrome only make it worse. These cultish folks go into attack mode if anybody brings up a bearish premise that dares to contradict the assumptions they hold about their favorite stock. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Mea Culpa: Why I Was Wrong on Interest Rates Being right for the wrong reasons. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2006 |
Use a Rolling Forecast to Spot Trends An excerpt from Jeremy Hope's new book, Reinventing the CFO, on the concept of the rolling forecast as a flexible and meaningful supplement or alternative to traditional business measures. |
