Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Tag: Stock Market

  • NVIDIA passed the 3 trillion mark and is more valuable than Apple

    NVIDIA passed the 3 trillion mark and is more valuable than Apple

    That’s of no surprise, ever since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple has lost it’s innovation edge. Tim Cook is a great operator who has taken Steve Jobs legacy as far as could, but Tim Cook is not Jobs. For those of us who own at least a little bit of NVIDIA, let’s open that…

  • We have to stop exchanging time for money

    We have to stop exchanging time for money

    If we don’t work hard to break free from the trap of exchanging time for money, five years later, we will find ourselves in the same position, blaming the government, blaming society, blaming capitalism, but still poor. We can only stop being poor when we look ourselves in the mirror and say, “I take full…

  • How to deal with uncertainty in investments and life

    How to deal with uncertainty in investments and life

    How to deal with uncertainty in the stock market “I will invest in the stock market when things calm down,” said my friend Mercedes after the market crashed following the COVID pandemic. Another friend said something similar after the terrorist attack of 9/11. The thing is that in the markets and in life, everything is…

  • How I lost money in the stock market during 2018

    Yes, 2018 was not a good year for Canadians nor for US investors. The S&P 500 lost 6.30% The Canadian index lost 12.60% The international index lost -9.71 The total return for the year 2018 was -9.54% If you are a short-term investor, this is the kind of news that would scare you away. But…