Mickey Smith

Owner of Winston Wealth Management, LLC. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member SIPC (

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

Stocks don’t outperform bonds every year - or even every decade.
But historically, they’ve won far more often than they’ve lost.
For the long run, be an owner - not a lender.

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

On a rolling 5-year basis, US stocks have now outperformed International stocks for over 15 years.

This is by far the longest run of US outperformance in history.

Happy 4th everyone!

[Mickey Smith @MickeySmithMBA]

@newtgingrich Or you could just use the median price instead of the average price.

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

From 100% Cash to 100% Stocks:

Total Returns, Volatility and Drawdowns going back to 1928...

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

2026 YTD:
-EM/International Stocks > S&P 500
-Value Stocks > Growth Stocks
-Small & Mid Caps > Large Caps
-Mag 7 in the Red

The Reversal of Everything....

Video: https://t.co/KvIKNbxfUH

[Thierry from arvy 🇨🇭 @ThierryBorgeat]

You make far more money by holding through bull markets that you lose by holding through bear markets.

Stay invested.

[Mickey Smith @MickeySmithMBA]

@robbystarbuck @elonmusk Amen

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

The S&P 500 has returned an average of 12% per year since 1980 and has done so despite an average intra-year drawdown of 14%, and often drawdowns that are much worse.
The lesson? Volatility doesn’t equal a permanent financial loss unless you sell.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

The S&P is up about 9% YTD.

12-month EPS estimates are up an incredible 14%.

In other words, stocks are cheaper now than they were at the start of the year.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

Any random day is up 53% of the time, but the longer you hold, the higher your chances of a positive return go.

So many say the stock market is rigged. It isn't, but if anything, it is rigged to go higher. Don't fight the casino.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

Good reminder that the average up year for stocks is up 19.0%. In other words, it is perfectly normal to see larger moves should stocks be higher on any random year.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

The last secular bull market lasted nearly 20 years.

This one is just over 13 years. Be aware this could still keep going much longer than most think.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

We shared this last year, but amazing how well it played out.

Historically, no month sees better future returns when it is up >5% than May. Up 19.9% a year later and never lower.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

One of bigger worries investors have is investing at all-time highs for the S&P 500. Should you have a fear of heights?

Probably not.

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

The current bull market is 3.5 years old and up 99.2%.

As we've noted many times, once bull markets get past their third birthday they rarely end anytime soon.

Over the past past 50 years, 5 made it past their 3rd birthday and those lasted eight years on average.

[Mickey Smith @MickeySmithMBA]

@charliebilello Amen.

[Mickey Smith @MickeySmithMBA]

@WakeMTennis @DeaconUpdates Go Deacs!!

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

2026 YTD:
-International Stocks > US Stocks
-Small & Mid Caps > Large Caps
-Value Stocks > Growth Stocks
-Mag 7 names all lagging

The Reversal of Everything...

[Mickey Smith @MickeySmithMBA]

@health_com_ @grok how does plastic get into the tea and teabag to start with?

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

The stock market is the opposite of a casino. The longer you play, the higher the odds you win.