Lucas Downey

February 2025

Size does matter when buying stocks!

February 22, 2025Lucas Downey

Keith Kaplan here. I’m stepping in today with Jason’s permission to tell you exactly how NOT to buy a stock … How do I know? Because I made this mistake over and over again when I was younger.

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Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

February 20, 2025Lucas Downey

I’m not a therapist, but I do recommend putting your phone down – after reading this email, of course – and taking a break from the doomscroll. Instead, let me show you some perspective and positivity with five data-driven reasons I believe this will be a good year for stocks… and for making money.

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Power Trends+: Is Your Requested Stock a Healthy Choice? 

February 18, 2025Lucas Downey

Watch now… I try hard to make healthy choices. I exercise regularly and developed my own recipe for a morning smoothie. And yes, an Excel spreadsheet was involved.  I’m sure you also try to make healthy choices, and there’s an app for pretty much everything these days, including fitness apps that help track our daily calories and steps.  Lucas Downey’s wife just introduced him to Yuka, a pretty cool app in which you can quickly search any food product and

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The Only 2 Moves You Need to Stay Steady in a Shaky Market 

February 17, 2025Lucas Downey

The markets were closed today for Presidents Day, and it wasn’t bad to take a breather. With Trump and tariffs and inflation and interest rates, it’s been easy to get sidetracked by the headlines and lose sight of what’s really going on in the market and the world.

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Getting Ahead of That Post-Earnings Pop

February 13, 2025Lucas Downey

I didn’t go to any Super Bowl parties this year; football isn’t really my thing. But I do make room for another type of “watch party” on my calendar: earnings watch parties. That may not seem as exciting to you, but as a data and investing nerd, earnings season is more important than football season. Results can be good or bad for a stock, depending on company performance and what was expected from that performance.

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