Maple Leaf Foods’ Shareholders are Tasting an 80% Gain This Year

To my surprise, Maple Leaf Foods (“MFI”) has been our strongest performer this year, up nearly 80%. (Disclosure: Clients, Jeff Pollock, and Sunni Schneider are shareholders of MFI. No compensation was received to write this blog.) On February 26, 2024, we started buying MFI for clients at $22.82. At the time, the stock was about […]

Stock Prices Historically Get Sent to Detention in September

September has historically been a weak month for stocks, and this year’s sentiment will hinge on Jay Powell’s speech tomorrow at Jackson Hole Students aren’t the only ones uneasy about September—stocks often dread it too. Historically, it’s the worst month for the market. Since 1930, the S&P 500 has fallen about 55% of the time […]