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Dave Canal
April 15, 2020

Years ago, I was randomly changing television channels when suddenly, I saw something extraordinary. A young boy was standing with his back to a cathedral in Paris. There was an artist’s palette behind him. Then a voice said, “Now turn around.” The boy turned, stared at the medieval cathedral for a moment, then turned again with his back to the...

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Dave Canal
March 25, 2020

During this time of unprecedented uncertainty, all of us here at Contravisory are concerned about the safety and well-being of our families, colleagues, customers, partners, and the many friends who make up Contravisory’s broader family.  Please know that we are thinking of you.

To keep you informed, we thought it would be important to...

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Bill Noonan
March 02, 2020

The equity markets have seen a significant plunge in the past two weeks, a result of the unknowns associated with the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).  World economies are paralyzed as concerns about the spread of this new virus and its many unanswered questions have led to isolation by country, by company, by world citizens.  While some...

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Dave Canal
February 11, 2020

With half the stock market’s total capitalization represented in index and ETF funds, it could almost be called a “passive” stock market. But that will never happen. The impact of an individual stock on a portfolio’s performance is too great. Peter Lynch expressed this reality best when he said, “It is not the number of times you are right, but...

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So long as predictions remain popular, and are so numerous as they are today – and so long as they receive notoriety through repetition in the press and on the radio – contrary opinions will increase in importance as thinking aids. “

– Humphrey Neil