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David Templeton

Portfolio Manager & Principal, HORAN Capital Advisors
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David Templeton, Portfolio Manager Principal, is a senior strategist and advisor at HORAN Capital Advisors. David has extensive experience in portfolio construction, security selection,development of investment policies and portfolio allocation strategies for individual and institutional clients. ...more
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Continued Deterioration In Small Business Optimism
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 11:14 PM EDT
Today's Small Business Optimism Report by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) shows continued deterioration in business owners' optimism in January.
In this article: SPX
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A Weaker Jobs Recovery Seems To Be Unfolding
Sunday, February 7, 2021 4:11 PM EDT
Earlier, I noted the headwind that an increased regulatory and tax burden is likely to have on economic growth. Last week's jobs reports provided further evidence that a slower economic environment may be taking hold.
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Most Shorted Stocks Power Higher
Monday, February 1, 2021 7:46 AM EDT
For the last four months the Refinitiv U.S. Most Shorted Index is up 92.8% versus 10.4% for the S&P 500 Index. Half of this gain has occurred in January with the Shorted Index up 40% as seen in the second chart below.
In this article: IWM, SPX
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Retail Traders Inflict Pain On Hedge Funds
Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:42 PM EDT
Last week investors were reintroduced to the terminology of 'short squeeze' and 'gamma squeeze'. So what exactly is happening?
In this article: GME, AMC
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Dividend Aristocrat Changes For 2021
Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:55 PM EDT
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the results of its annual rebalancing of the S&P 500 Dividend Index. Three companies are being added in this rebalancing and three are being removed, leaving the number of Dividend Aristocrats at 65.
In this article: NOBL Also: SPX
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Foundation For Slower Economic Growth Being Laid, Stocks Still Work
Saturday, January 23, 2021 4:41 PM EDT
Our real GDP growth expectation for this year is in the mid single digit percentage range. We continue to hold that view given likely pent-up demand and our expectation the economy is exciting the recession.
In this article: SPX
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Maybe Time To Include Dividend Growth Equities To One's Portfolio
Friday, January 22, 2021 9:50 AM EDT
The broadening in performance across multiple equity asset classes is providing investors with investment opportunities outside of the S&P 500 Index.
In this article: AGG, DVY, SDY, VIG, SPX, NOBL
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A Policy Error Could Trip Up Stocks
Monday, January 18, 2021 4:37 AM EDT
Broadly investors have enjoyed strong returns in stocks over the past two years, the S&P 500 Index returned 31.5% in 2019 and 18.4% in 2020.
In this article: SPX
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Small Business Optimism Turns Decidedly Negative
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:13 AM EDT
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index turned decidedly negative in December. The index fell 5.5 points to 95.9 and is below the index's long run average of 98. NFIB reported 9 of the 10 index components declined.
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Broadening Participation In Equity Market Asset Classes
Saturday, January 9, 2021 2:19 PM EDT
The year of 2020 saw the S&P 500 Index increase a strong 18.4%, and this is on the back of a 31.5% return in 2019. The Index's 2020 return was narrow, though, as the FANGMA stocks accounted for 12.15 percentage points of the 18.4% total return.
In this article: AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, NFLX, IWM, RSP, META, SPX, GOOGL
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Stock Buybacks Increase As Reported Earnings Jump
Sunday, December 20, 2020 3:56 PM EDT
S&P Dow Jones Indices' report on buyback activity for Q3 shows buyback activity increasing to $101.79 billion from $88.66 billion in Q2. With the economy mostly reopening, companies reported improvement in 'as reported earnings.'
In this article: BRK-A, AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, INTC, SPX
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Too Many Individuals On The Sidelines
Sunday, December 13, 2020 6:27 PM EDT
In October 2019, the unemployed workers per job opening ratio was .81. There were more job openings than unemployed. Fast forward one year later to the October 2020 JOLT survey released last week, that ratio now stands at 1.66.
In this article: PFE, BNTX
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Small Business Optimism Ticks Lower
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:05 PM EDT
The NFIB's November Small Business Optimism Index declined 2.6 points to 101.4. As NFIB notes in their report, the Index level is at a historically high level, with the 47-year average reading equaling 98.
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Broadening Equity Market Participation
Monday, December 7, 2020 10:20 AM EDT
It seems a broad range of equity indices are hitting new all-time highs every day and some investors question whether this can continue.
In this article: SPX
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Earnings Matter And They Have Improved Significantly
Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:45 AM EDT
This week the government released the second estimate of third-quarter U.S. GDP at 33.1% growth at an annual rate, unchanged from the earlier advanced estimate.
In this article: SPY, SPX
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Shorts Getting Squeezed
Thursday, November 26, 2020 5:08 AM EDT
The energy sector is far outpacing all the other S&P 500 sectors. Still, though, the energy sector is down nearly 35% on a year to date basis.
In this article: CCL, JWN, M, PLUG, IWM, SPX, MID
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