Stocks
Leave Yahoo To The Yahoos!
Last weekend I went to St. Louis for my cousin’s wedding. I joined hundreds of relatives and friends from all over the world to see the young couple take their vows. And it was beautiful to say the least. It really warms the heart to see two bright, young people in love make the ultimate […]
Agribusiness Stocks Are Breaking Out
“Dad, you know I love this place… but I’m not coming back to the farm.” It was an easy decision for me at the time. Back in 2001, corn prices were still cheap. And it was hard to make a living producing corn. For nearly 30 years, corn prices fluctuated between $2 and $4 per […]
Tech Investing: Now’s The Time To Buy Tech!
The markets haven’t given us much to be optimistic about lately. Obviously, an 18% correction in the S&P 500 this summer is anything but bullish. Yet, that’s exactly what happened from July 21st to August 9th. The S&P 500 shed 247 points as panicked investors hit the sell button. And the choppy market action since […]
Stock Market Investing: Will September Be Better Than August?
I’m sure more than a few investors are breathing a sigh of relief right about now… Why? August finally came to a close yesterday. And anybody who’s been watching the markets will tell you… last month was a doozy. Bad economic news mixed with extreme volatility made for one of the worst market performances in […]
Avoid Buying A Value Trap
Traders have a lot of funny sayings about stocks, almost all of them filled with contradictions… “What goes up, must come down” or “Don’t try to catch a falling knife” come to mind immediately. These highly generalized statements apply accurately to many different things. They’re overly simplistic statements of common sense. I mean really, who […]
A Cheaper Way To Play VMware
It looks like the US East Coast dodged a bullet. Hurricane Irene battered the area with wind, rain, and floods over the weekend. And while the storm left many dead and billions in property damage, it failed to cause the catastrophe many experts were predicting. Nearly everyone’s breathing a sigh of relief that Irene didn’t […]
The Next Dividend Growth Stock
I love when history repeats itself… It doesn’t happen very often. But every once in a while, the market gives you a chance to turn back the clock to take advantage of a great opportunity. Let me explain… Last week, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Leo Apotheker announced that HPQ will spin off its market-leading PC portfolio […]
Stop High Frequency Trading: It’s Time For Ordinary Investors To Reclaim The Market
The past five years have seen a monumental surge in market volatility. Daily swings of 5% or more in stocks have become the new normal on Wall Street. And it’s scaring many ordinary investors right out of the market… for good. We got our first real taste of the new normal in late 2008 when […]
Three Stocks Set To Climb Higher
Last week I made the case for a rally. And we’re in the midst of one as I write. Not a bad call if I do say so myself… As a matter of fact, the markets were able to turn on a dime and recover the losses from earlier in the week. That’s a very […]
